The Oriflame is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Oriflame MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oriflame
Secondary: Oriflamme
Secondary: Oroflame
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, LOWER ADIT 440 FT W 150 FT DRIFT. UPPER ADIT CAVED, SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): 3 VEINS 1ST - SML VERT VEIN PROBABLY SAME AS OUTCROPS ON RIDGE 600 FT S., STRIKES N 10 W. 2ND - 290 FT FROM 1ST IN ADIT, STRIKES N 65 W, DIPS 50 NE. 3RD - STRIKES N 64 W THEN CHANGES TO N 15 W, 2 - 3 FT THICK, FADES TO SML STRINGERS. VEIN SHOWS BANDING OF QTZ & RIBBONS OF SLATY MATL. ADJACENT TO & ALONG RIBBONS ARE SML XTLS OF PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE. PROJECTION SUGGESTS NE DIPPING VEINS ARE NOT N EXTENSIONS OF IRELAN VEINS. THO PROBABLY THE BELONG TO SAME SYSTEM. VERT VEIN SHOWS SIGNS OF POSTMINERAL SHEARING. E VEIN HAS WELL DEFINED HANGING WALL - IN PLACES SML VERT QTZ STRINGERS ENTER E VEIN FROM FOOTWALL SIDE. NO EVIDENCE OF MARKED REPLACEMENT.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4 LITURATURE GIVES SEC 03 , BUT ALLEGHANY QUAD SHOWS SEC 10
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Production): LONG INACTIVE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ. VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.; USGS PROF. PAPER 172 , P. 126 , 127 , FIG. 41 .
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