The Oakland Group is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,442 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: 3,442 Feet (1,049 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.47611, -114.88556
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Oakland Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oakland Group
Secondary: On Patented Claims Side Line
Secondary: San Mateo
Secondary: Oakland
Secondary: Gold Reef
Secondary: Cabell.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Physiographic Detail: New Berry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVERAGED ABOUT $11/TON AT $20.67/OZ. AU.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IN ANDESITE NEAR CONTACT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE VEIN MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF CLAY, ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF DK GREY ANDESITE AND PARTICLES OF CRUSHED QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS AND SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, P. 201.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE, FILE NO. 33, ITEM 6
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
