The Oro Amigo Mine is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,937 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,937 Feet (1,200 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.84556, -115.55056
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Oro Amigo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oro Amigo Mine
Secondary: Oro Amigo Platino Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Oro Amigo Platino Mining Co.
Years: 1915 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED IN FRACTURES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ironside Fault; Considerable Folding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitized Limestone
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.51 OZ/TON AU (17 PPM), 0.11 OZ/TON PT (3.8 PPM) (UNVERIFIED ASSAY)
Analytical Data: AU=0.11 OZ/TON (3.8 PPM), PT=0.10 OZ/TON (3.4 PPM)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Anatase
Comments
Comment (Commodity): TRACES OF BLACK COBALT OXIDE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN FOUND IN BRECCIA ZONE
Comment (Workings): MAP OF MINE WORKINGS IN HEWETT, 1931, P. 111.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WORKINGS IN FRACTURE ZONES
Comment (Production): ONE CAR OF COPPER ORE SHIPPED IN 1917 WEIGHED 18 TONS; ITS GRADE 17.17% CU, 12.2% FE, 0.15 OZ/TON AU, 0.5 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. 4 CLAIMS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR ADIT SYMBOLS SHOWN AT MINE ON TOPO MAP INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 111-112.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, BEN, AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, P. 194.
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1915, A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 12.
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
