Oro Amigo Mine

The Oro Amigo Mine is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,937 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

Name: Oro Amigo Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.