The Oro Plata Mine is a gold mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,680 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: 6,680 Feet (2,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.44583, -112.38556
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Oro Plata Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oro Plata Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Walker District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert Edwards (1970'S); Alma Pritchett (1950'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Year Last Production: 1949
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Country Rocks Trends N10e To N45e
Type: L
Description: Veins Sometimes Parallel To Regional Foliation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GROUP OF THREE CLAIMS = ACCIDENTAL, COMBINATION, ORO PLATA OWNED BY PRITCHETT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ORO PLATA IS CLAIM ADJOINING COMBINATION ON THE NORTH.
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION DATA MAY BE PARTLY FROM COMBINATION OR ACCIDENTAL MINES.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT ON PROPERTY IS 400 FT DEEP. THIS SHAFT MAY BE ON COMBINATION CLAIM, HOWEVER.
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS VEIN IN PRECAMBRIAN GOVERNMENT CANYON GRANODIORITE. CRET-TERT RHYOLITE DIKES MAY APPEAR LOCALLY NEAR THE DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA (CLIPPINGS)
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT. MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP 997
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