Oro Grande

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283429
MRDS ID M800211
MAS/MILS ID 0040250957
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Grande
Alternate or previous names Platna Grande Group, Frenchman Patented, May Patented
Related records 10048161

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.72405, 34.02756 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sam Powell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 N 005 W 24 C N2NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.72405, 34.02756

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Romanus And Leone Lamont
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS SAM POWELL PEAK QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR ORO GRANDE FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR WICKENBURG CORRESPONDENCE FILE MINES OF WICKENBERG P 6

  • Deposit

    AZ MINING JOURNAL DEC 1918 P 7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.