The Osborne is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.30639, -116.88361
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Osborne MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Osborne
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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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: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 1-4 FT. THICK. ON MIDDLE CLAIM, ONE IS EXPOSED FOR 500 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, NONCONTINGUOUS AND EN-ECHELON. 8-74 ACRES WORKED IN LATE 1800'S. INCLUDE MAMMOTH, OLIO, SAN BERNARDINO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 40 DEGREE INCLINE TO NORTH APPROXIMATELY 240 FT. DEEP WORKINGS TO WEST OF SHAFT BELIEVED TO BE LARGELY ABOVE 60 FT. LEVEL. RAISE MOST OF THE WORKINGS LIE WITHIN 300 FT. EAST OF THE SHAFT, BENEATH AN AREA NOW OVERLAIN BY DUMP MATERIAL. A SECOND VEIN, AS CLOSE AS 100 FT. NORTH OF MAIN SHAFT, HAS BEEN WORKED ALONG ITS STRIKE FOR ABOUT 400 FT., BUT AT SHALLOW DEPTHS. WEST OF SHAFT, WORKINGS BELIEVED TO EXIST LARGELY ABOVE 60 FT. LEVEL, AND EXTEND ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND A HOLED-THROUGH RAISE ABOUT 150 FT. FROM THE MAIN SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 77
Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, J.F., AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS., NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 63
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