USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Yavapai County
Dos Oris Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai
- Mining district
- Hassayampa District
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Dos Horis
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former underground Ag-Au-Cu-Pb mine located on the headwaters of Slate Creek and about ½ mile East of the Blue Dick Mine at an altitude of 6,300 feet. Produced 1883-1922. Mineralization is a 5 foot wide vein in greenstone schist. Ore control was f…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Groom Creek , 1974
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Dos Oris Silver Mining Co. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Silver
- Acanthite
- Chlorargyrite
- Galena
- Native Silver
View all 9 reported minerals
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Galena
- Silver
- Acanthite
- Chlorargyrite
- Galena
- Native Silver
- Pyrite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 47174
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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