Oro Grande Mine

Yavapai County, Arizona, United States

GoldSilverCopper

Description

Possibly George Upton

Commodities

PrimaryGold

SecondarySilver

TertiaryCopper

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsUnderground

Orebody formTABULAR

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold

GangueCalcite, Hematite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockDiorite,Amphibolite

Associated rockTrachyte,Pegmatite,Granite

StructureFoliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N35e, Veins And Genetically-Related (?) Dikes Trend N-S Or Subparallel (N30e) To Schist

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1904

Last production1932

Discovery year1900

Identification

Deposit ID10048161

MRDS IDM800211

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates34.02756, -112.72381

References

AZ MINING JOUR, 1918, VOL. 6, #7, P. 7.ABM BULL 137 P. 62AZ. DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATAABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES