The Omega is a gold and silver mine located in Nevada county, California at an elevation of 4,160 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,160 Feet (1,268 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.33861, -120.76000
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Omega MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Omega
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Washington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: South Yuba Mining And Dev. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IN 1943 BEDROCK WAS CLEANED YIELDED 64 OZ. GOLD AND 2 OZ. SILVER. IT IS REPORTED COMPANY HOLDS 3000 ACRES OF LAND CONTAINING FROM 25 TO 30 MILLION CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL. OPERATIONS CARRIED ON BY GOLDFIELD CONS. MINES CO., IN 1949
Comment (Production): EARLY WORKINGS REPORTED AS RICH WITH CLAIMS 100' BY 100' AVERAGING $8,000 EA. EARLY PRODUCTION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 13 1/2 MILLION YDS. GIVING AVERAGE OF 13 1/2? CU. YD. IN 1941, 429,637 CU. YDS. YIELDED 1302 OZ. GOLD, 49 OZ. SILVER; IN 1942 THE YIELD FROM 818,175 CU. YDS WAS 1749 OZ. GOLD, 54 OZ. AG
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC - 3 MONITORS IN 1941. COMPANY HAS WATER RIGHTS TO 5,000 MINERS INCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 135, SEC. IV., PP. 265, 266
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 433
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXVI, PP. 133-4; ADD. REF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 2, APRIL 1951, P. 347; 17TH REPT. ST. MIN. P. 440
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