The Oest Mine is a copper mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 1,490 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: 1,490 Feet (454 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.00361, -121.09167
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Oest Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oest Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. Oest
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL PRIOR TO 1902; LESS THAN 100,000 LB. COPPER.
Comment (Workings): 2 - COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT, DEPTH NOT DETERMINED-BUT REPORTED AS 70 FT.
Comment (Deposit): DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144 REPORTS THIS MINE IN PLACER COUNTY, AUBURY, L.E., BULL. 50 REPORTS THIS MINE IN EL DORADO COUNTY COMPRISED OF 10 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 217 - 218
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