Mine detail: Oro Amigo Mine

Previously called 'Oro Amigo Platino Mining Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.84556, -115.5514

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Platinum, Gold
Ore: Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue: Anatase, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED IN FRACTURES
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Valentine Member Of Sultan Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Plutonic Rock
Structure:Ironside Fault; Considerable Folding
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Dolomitized Limestone

References

MRDSM045356
DEP10103628
Reference{Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 111-112.}{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.}{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.}{Production:: HEWETT, 1931}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.