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Arizona · Coconino County

Orphan Lode Mine

Unconfirmed Uranium Underground 3 mapped shafts 1 mapped adit

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Coconino
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Uranium
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Western Gold and Uranium, Golden Crown Mining Co., Orphan N.P.2004Orphan

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 3 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 3 shaft symbols
  • 1 adit symbol
  • Shaft : Grand Canyon , 1988
  • Shaft : Bright Angel , 1962
  • Shaft : Grand Canyon , 1988
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Cotter Corp. · Source-reported owner · 1978

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Aragonite
  • Barite
  • Calcite
  • Dolomite
  • Gypsum
  • Plagioclase
  • Quartz
  • Siderite
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  • Aragonite
  • Barite
  • Calcite
  • Dolomite
  • Gypsum
  • Plagioclase
  • Quartz
  • Siderite
  • Chalcocite
  • Galena
  • Tennantite
  • Torbernite
  • Uraninite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (3)
  • mapped adit symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Arizona Geological Survey / ADMMR

Type: Historical mine documents

Record: 1 historical document

Supports:

  • historical mine identity
  • historical mine documentation

Orphan Lode

Historical documentation does not imply current access or open workings.

AZGS Mining Info

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