The Oriole Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Oriole Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oriole Mine
Secondary: Big Bonanza
Secondary: Harris Nemo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
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: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4
Comment (Production): IN EARLY DAYS $30,000 IN GOLD WAS TAKEN FROM SHALLOW POCKETS.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, POCKETS
Comment (Workings): 850 FT SHAFT W LEVELS AT 100 FT INTERVALS EXCEPT AT 700 FT LEVEL. W DRIFT OF 900 FT AT 500 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): 10 - 50 FT VEIN ON MOTHER LODE - DEAD HORSE LEAD VEIN IS 10 FT THICK AT 200 FT LEVEL, 50 FT AT 300 FT LEVEL, AND 30 FT AT 400 FT LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 145 , 146
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., & LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 34 , 35 , 172 & PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 315
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 99 , 100
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