The Ozark is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,360 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: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.63333, -117.30278
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Ozark MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ozark
Secondary: The Big Ten
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Oro Grande
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mineralized Material Thouroughly Oxidized To A Depth Of 50-60 Ft.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED THAT VEIN CARRIES $60/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS IN 100 FT. THICK ZONE. FILLING IS TALC, QUARTZ AND ALTERED WALL ROCK. THEY APPEAR TO FOLLOW NATURAL JOINTS IN THE ROCK. CROSS JOINTS ALSO FILLED W/ MATERIAL AND THE TWO SYSTEMS FORM NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS, WHICH, IT IS REPORTED, ARE MINERALIZED FOR THE FULL WIDTH OF THE FORMATION. STRINGERS NOT MORE THAN 6 IN. THICK. TO A DEPTH OF 60 FT. GOLD IS FREE. BELOW THIS, SULFIDES ENCOUNTERED.
Comment (Workings): 90 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVEL WORKINGS AT 50 AND 90 FT. OPEN CUTS & SHALLOW HOLES
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS. LAST PERIOD OF ACTIVITY IN 1940 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O.E., 1954, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARSTOW QUADRANGLE, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 165, P. 128
Reference (Production): BOWEN (1954)
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 52
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 278, 309
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1944, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 314
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