The Ora Anna Quartz Mine is a gold mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 499 Feet (152 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.76083, -124.00444
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Ora Anna Quartz Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ora Anna Quartz Mine
Secondary: Crescent City Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Bald Hills
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL VEINS BETWEEN SLATE HANGING WALL AND DIORITE FOOTWALL VEINS AVG 6 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): 300 FT. ADIT; WINZE, 70 FT. DEEP. UPPER TUNNEL, 40 FT. LONG
Comment (Location): UTM EST. E 1/2 SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED AND 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. SINCE 1897, ONLY ASSESSMENT WORK DONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURRED FREE STATE AND IN SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): WATTS, W. L., 1892, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11, P. 197
Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, F. L., 1913, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 390
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 129.
Reference (Deposit): 5) MAXSON, J. H., 1933, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES, NORTHWESTERNMOST CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 144
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1925, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 3, P. 291
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