The Oakland Mine is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,949 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: 1,949 Feet (594 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 33.36556, -113.68861
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Oakland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oakland Mine
Secondary: Davis Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Sheep Tanks District
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
Owner Name: Rea Gold Corp.
Home Office: Vancouver, British Columbia
Years: 1986 -
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1949-1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12.5 Oz Au/Ton, 3.7 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR/IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IN 1932, AN ASSAY SHOWED THE FIRST TWENTY FEET OF DEPTH ASSAYED SEVERAL DOLLARS IN GOLD PER TON, BUT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SHAFT RAN LESS THAN $2 PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): DURING 1984-86, REA CARRIED OUT GEOLOGIC EVALUATION, SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM, AND IDENTIFIED RESERVES. PROPERTY THEN RETURNED TO OWNERS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT WITH A SHORT CROSSCUT AND AN INCLINED WINZE
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 140.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 174.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
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