The Ozier is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 8,051 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: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.32556, -116.89000
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Ozier MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ozier
Secondary: Ozer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4 SW 1/4 21 REF. PLACES MINE ONLY IN SEC. 20. PROSPECTS ON MAP IN SEC. 21
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, NONE MORE THAN 100 FT. DEEP. WORKINGS NOW CAVED, SHOWN ONLY BY DUMP MATERIAL
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE HARD TO THOROUGHLY DECOMPOSED
Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS. OPENED BY MEXICANS IN LATE 1850'S. REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MOST ACTIVE FROM 1860-1890. 26.02 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY-DIPPING FRACTURES CLOSELY SPACED THROUGH A ZONE 200 FT. THICK
References
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. 77-78
Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, J.F., AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS., NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 64
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