Volunteer Ore
Operator of record for 24 catalogued wells across 1 state. Every well below links to its full registry page.
Filed as: Volunteer Ore · Volunteer Ore Company
At a glance
Volunteer Ore is the operator of record for 24 catalogued U.S. oil & gas wells in 1 state. None is listed as active, 0 (0%) are plugged & abandoned. Its largest concentration is in Michigan, with 24 wells (100% of its portfolio).
Wells operated
24
Active
0
Plugged
0
Orphaned
0
Portfolio by state
| State | Wells |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 24 |
Well mix
- Oil wells
- 0
- Gas wells
- 0
- Shut-in
- 0
- Active share
- 0%
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Claim your operator profileWhere does Volunteer Ore operate?
Volunteer Ore's catalogued wells are spread across 1 state: Michigan (24). Its 24 Michigan wells are 0.0% of the 85,673 catalogued in that state — its largest share of any state. Counts cover only states whose registries WellCensus has ingested with operator names; wells in Nebraska and Texas (location indexes) and in states without a registry ingest are not yet attributed to any operator.
How many of Volunteer Ore’s wells are active, plugged or orphaned?
0% of Volunteer Ore's catalogued wells are active, 29 percentage points below the national share of 29%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 47% nationally. None of the wells filed under this name is flagged as orphaned.
What kinds of wells does Volunteer Ore operate?
By product class, 0 (0%) are oil wells and 0 (0%) gas wells; nationally the shares are 43% and 17%. The deepest of its wells with a published depth is Palmer Exploration 1-29 in Marquette, MI at 972 ft. State filings spell the name 2 ways; WellCensus merges exact-normalized spellings only, so subsidiaries and affiliates keep their own pages.
Notable wells operated by Volunteer Ore
| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Location | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer Exploration 1-29 | 21-103-62007 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore Company | 972 ft |
| Volunteer V29-14 | 21-103-03521 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 940 ft |
| Volunteer V32-14 | 21-103-03523 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 879 ft |
| Volunteer V30-14 | 21-103-03522 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 762 ft |
| Volunteer V5-14 | 21-103-03519 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 592 ft |
| Volunteer V3-V | 21-103-00957 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore Company | 544 ft |
| Volunteer V3-14 | 21-103-03517 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 508 ft |
| Volunteer Ore company Exploration 30 47N 26W V-C-2 | 21-103-03526 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 475 ft |
| Volunteer V4-14 | 21-103-03518 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 404 ft |
| Volunteer V6-14 | 21-103-03520 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 387 ft |
| Volunteer V2-14 | 21-103-03516 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 341 ft |
| Maitland Ore MDL1 | 21-103-03489 | Other status | Other type | Marquette, MI | Volunteer Ore | 313 ft |
Deepest first where depth is published. See all 24 wells →
Frequently asked questions
How many wells does Volunteer Ore operate?
Volunteer Ore is the operator of record for 24 catalogued oil & gas wells, with the largest concentration in Michigan (24). Only wells in states WellCensus has ingested are counted.
How many of Volunteer Ore's wells are still active?
0 of Volunteer Ore's catalogued wells are active; 0 are plugged & abandoned.
In which states does Volunteer Ore operate wells?
Volunteer Ore is the operator of record for wells in Michigan (24).
Does Volunteer Ore operate mostly oil or gas wells?
0 of Volunteer Ore's catalogued wells are oil wells and 0 are gas wells; the rest are injection, service or unclassified wells.
What is Volunteer Ore's deepest well?
Among wells with a published depth, Palmer Exploration 1-29 in Marquette, MI is the deepest at 972 ft.
Where Volunteer Ore's wells are
About this data
Source: State oil & gas regulator registries (operator of record as filed, exact-normalized across states) plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Volunteer Ore — well portfolio”, https://wellcensus.com/operators/volunteer-ore-129242 (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Operator portfolios are resolved from raw state registry filings (exact-normalized names; subsidiaries stay separate).