The Oro Blanco Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.42056, -111.24528
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Oro Blanco Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oro Blanco Mine
Secondary: White Gold Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Legend Group Ltd.
Years: 1930 -
Owner Name: Rayrock Mines Inc. Elko, Nv.; Highland Crow Resources Ltd. Vancouver, British Colu
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Year Last Production: 1962
Discovery Year: 1850
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-And Ne-Trending Fault Zones
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: FRED FLICKETT (1946), ARTESIA INVESTMENT CO. (1940-1942; P. W. WELLS(1938), B.W. AND C.W. PARKS (1962). 1984-86: EWING, RAYROCK AND HIGHLAND HOLD DIFFERENT PARTS OF PROPERTY; RAYROCK DID UNDERGROUND REHABILITATION, SAMPLING AND SURFACE DRILLING; HIGHLAND DID SURFACE DRILLING; EWING LEACHED DUMP MATERIAL.
Comment (Workings): 265 - FT. SHAFT CONTAINS WATER TO 150 FOOT LEVEL; 125-FOOT LEVEL HAS MOST WORKINGS INCLUDING SEVERAL STOPES.
Comment (Geology): CONTACT WITH THE LOWER CONGLOMERATE MEMBER OF THE ORO BLANCO FORMATION IS TO SOUTH OF THE MINE.
Comment (Deposit): SAME TYPE OF DEPOSIT AS AT TRES AMIGOS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1800'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULL 191, P. 68
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILSON ET AL, 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES: ABM BULL. 137.
Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.
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