Mine detail: Oro Grande Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.02756, -112.72381

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1932

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Amphibolite
Associated type:	Trachyte,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Schist Trends N35e, Veins And Genetically-Related (?) Dikes Trend N-S Or Subparallel (N30e) To Schist

References

MRDS	M800211
DEP	10048161
Reference	{Deposit:: AZ MINING JOUR, 1918, VOL. 6, #7, P. 7.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 137 P. 62}{Deposit:: AZ. DEPT MIN. RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)