The Oakes and Reese is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.62417, -120.21778
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Oakes and Reese MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oakes and Reese
Secondary: Grand Prize and Badger
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Hunter Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Form: PIPE - LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): HUNTER VALLEY CHERTS, SHALES & SILTSTONES FORM HANGING WALL, GREENSTONE PORPHYRITE FOOTWALL
Comment (Production): ORE FROM 1 SHOOT AVG 2.5 OZ AU/TON TO BETTER THAN 5 OZ AU/TON
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, BLUE LEAD AND TWO INTERSECTING VEINS AT RIGHT ANGLES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, STOPES
Comment (Deposit): 26.15 ACRES, 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY 1957 , CASTELLO, 1921
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 145 - 147 , 292
Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 131
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY - FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 106
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