The Oriental Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 3,619 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: 3,619 Feet (1,103 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.4603, -120.85780
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Oriental Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oriental Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
District: Alleghany
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dickey Exploration Co.
Company ID: 400898
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1974
Production
Year: 1925
Description: Ag Recovered 6750 Grams
Year: 1925
Description: Au Recovered 26697 Grams
Year: 1924
Description: Ag Recovered 7092 Grams
Year: 1924
Description: Au Recovered 27920 Grams
Year: 1923
Description: Ag Recovered 124 Grams
Year: 1923
Description: Au Recovered 717 Grams
Year: 1916
Description: Au Recovered 12517 Grams
Year: 1915
Description: Au Recovered 35957 Grams
Year: 1935
Description: Ag Recovered 218 Grams
Year: 1935
Description: Au Recovered 934 Grams
Year: 1934
Description: Ag Recovered 11540 Grams
Year: 1934
Description: Au Recovered 48995 Grams
Year: 1933
Description: Ag Recovered 1711 Grams
Year: 1933
Description: Au Recovered 8149 Grams
Year: 1932
Description: Ag Recovered 384 Grams
Year: 1932
Description: Au Recovered 412 Grams
Year: 1931
Description: Ag Recovered 373 Grams
Year: 1931
Description: Au Recovered 1583 Grams
Year: 1930
Description: Ag Recovered 311 Grams
Year: 1930
Description: Au Recovered 1274 Grams
Year: 1926
Description: Ag Recovered 1835 Grams
Year: 1926
Description: Au Recovered 8136 Grams
Year: 1941
Description: Au Recovered 7309 Grams
Year: 1940
Description: Au Recovered 66343 Grams
Year: 1939
Description: Au Recovered 18911 Grams
Year: 1958
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1957
Description: Ag Recovered 249 Grams
Year: 1957
Description: Au Recovered 1058 Grams
Year: 1956
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1956
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1955
Description: Ag Recovered 435 Grams
Year: 1955
Description: Au Recovered 1897 Grams
Year: 1954
Description: Ag Recovered 3141 Grams
Year: 1954
Description: Au Recovered 1773 Grams
Year: 1953
Description: Ag Recovered 7434 Grams
Year: 1953
Description: Au Recovered 32037 Grams
Year: 1952
Description: Ag Recovered 435 Grams
Year: 1952
Description: Au Recovered 2021 Grams
Year: 1947
Description: Ag Recovered 249 Grams
Year: 1947
Description: Au Recovered 1928 Grams
Year: 1946
Description: Ag Recovered 62 Grams
Year: 1946
Description: Au Recovered 218 Grams
Year: 1938
Description: Au Recovered 902 Grams
Year: 1937
Description: Au Recovered 60464 Grams
Year: 1959
Description: Ag Recovered 187 Grams
Year: 1959
Description: Au Recovered 871 Grams
Year: 1958
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1942
Description: Ag Recovered 373 Grams
Year: 1942
Description: Au Recovered 2830 Grams
Year: 1941
Description: Ag Recovered 2021 Grams
Year: 1975
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1975
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1975
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1975
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1970
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1970
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1969
Description: Ag Recovered 12815 Grams
Year: 1969
Description: Au Recovered 55364 Grams
Year: 1968
Description: Ag Recovered 6065 Grams
Year: 1968
Description: Au Recovered 25163 Grams
Year: 1967
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1967
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1966
Description: Ag Recovered Grams
Year: 1966
Description: Au Recovered Grams
Year: 1940
Description: Ag Recovered 10793 Grams
Year: 1939
Description: Ag Recovered 1462 Grams
Year: 1938
Description: Ag Recovered 311 Grams
Year: 1937
Description: Ag Recovered 14214 Grams
Year: 1936
Description: Ag Recovered 2644 Grams
Year: 1936
Description: Au Recovered 10914 Grams
Year: 1916
Description: Ag Recovered 933 Grams
Year: 1915
Description: Ag Recovered 6065 Grams
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS AN INTERMITENT PRODUCER. THERE WAS ACTIVITY AT THE MINE IN 1977. WATER ELECTRICAL POWER, AND ROADS, EXIST AT THE SITE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF MINING OPERATIONS; BUT ARE INADEQUATE FOR A LARGER OPERATION. MATRIX ONE IS A PROBABILISTIC GRADE QUANTITY MATRIX FOR THE ENTIRE MINE. MATRICES TWO THROUGH SIX ARE ORE BLOCK MATRICES AND ARE NON CUMULATIVE TO THE LEFT. MATRIX TWO IS FOR THE ENTIRE MINE, MATRIX THREE IS FOR THE ORIENTAL VEIN, MATRIX FOUR IS FOR THE ALTA VEIN, MATRIX FIVE IS FOR THE CARRALSON VEIN, AND MATRIX SIX IS FOR THE GRANITE BLOCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B. GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MI
Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 193, 1970, PP. 19-24.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G. AND R.W. GANNETT. GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF THE
Reference (Deposit): ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPE
Reference (Deposit): 1932, PP. 98-101.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G. LODE DEPOSITS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CAL
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 580, 1913, PP. 176-177.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A. QUARTZ MINING IN THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT. CALIF
Reference (Deposit): MINING BUREAU, V. 18, 1922, P. 511.
Reference (Deposit): MAC BOYLE, E. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA COUNTY.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, V. 16, 1918, PP. 53-54.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G. LODE DEPOSITS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CA
Reference (Deposit): US GEOL. SURV. VULL. 580, 1913, P. 153.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V. MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. CALIF. JOJR. OF MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, NO
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND W.B. CLARK. LODE GOLD MINES OF THE ALLEG
Reference (Deposit): DOWNIEVILLE AREA, SIERRA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIF. JO
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOL., V. 52, NO. 3, 1956, PP. 237-272.
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