The Live Oak Group is a tungsten and gold mine located in San Diego county, California.
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Mine Info
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Live Oak Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Live Oak Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Diego
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
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: Lower California
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: ELONGATE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Strikes Ne, Dips Steeply Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW NW TRENDING CUTS, IN A NE-FACING SLOPE. LOWER CUT IS 125 FT. LONG AND IS 25 FT. NE OF UPPER ONE WHICH IS 100 FT. LONG. RECENT WORKINGS INCLUDE A SW TRENDING TRENCH, 100 FT. LONG, 15 TO 20 FT. WIDE AND AS DEEP AS 8 FT.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE - FROM LITERATURE IT SOUNDS LIKE PRODUCTION WAS FROM GOLD OR LODE CLAIMS, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF ANY TUNGSTEN WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CROPS OUT ON THE NE SIDE OF A NW TRENDING INTERFLUVE. EXTENT IS NOT KNOWN. WORKINGS SUGGEST NO MORE THAN 75 FT. LONG AND 5 TO 8 FT. WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN DIEGO, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 278
Reference (Production): WEBER, H.F.
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