The Oakwood Placer Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Placer county, California.
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Oakwood Placer Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oakwood Placer Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
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 (Production): 1935 PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): WORK BEGAN 4/1/35 - DRAGLINE DREDGE WITH 1 1/2 CU. YD. BUCKET ON CAT TREADS; BARGE CARRIED OTHER MACHINERY FOR RECOVERY OF GOLD. TEN MEN WORKING AND 1500 CU. YD MATERIAL WASHED DAILY. SECTIONS SHOWN ABOVE DIFFER WITH SECTIONS SHOWN IN TEXT BUT ARE THOSE SHOWN AS DREDGED AREAS ON TOPO MAP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PROPERTY LIES AT THE EXTREME WESTERN EXPOSURES OF THE BEDROCK FORMATIONS, NEAR AND ON THE OLD IONE SHORE LINE, AND WITHIN A MILE OF THE FLOOR OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. THE GRAVEL REPORTED TO BE 6 TO 18 FT. DEEP AND HAS A SHALLOW SOIL CAPPING.
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY PART OF THIS AREA IS THAT WORKED BY SCHWARTZ & MITCHELL IN 1947 IN DOTY RAVINE - DOM BULL. 142, P. 89-90
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 83
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO
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