Ozark

The Ozark is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,360 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

Name: Ozark  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.63333, -117.30278

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Ozark MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ozark
Secondary: The Big Ten


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Oro Grande


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mineralized Material Thouroughly Oxidized To A Depth Of 50-60 Ft.


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REPORTED THAT VEIN CARRIES $60/TON IN GOLD


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4

Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS IN 100 FT. THICK ZONE. FILLING IS TALC, QUARTZ AND ALTERED WALL ROCK. THEY APPEAR TO FOLLOW NATURAL JOINTS IN THE ROCK. CROSS JOINTS ALSO FILLED W/ MATERIAL AND THE TWO SYSTEMS FORM NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS, WHICH, IT IS REPORTED, ARE MINERALIZED FOR THE FULL WIDTH OF THE FORMATION. STRINGERS NOT MORE THAN 6 IN. THICK. TO A DEPTH OF 60 FT. GOLD IS FREE. BELOW THIS, SULFIDES ENCOUNTERED.

Comment (Workings): 90 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVEL WORKINGS AT 50 AND 90 FT. OPEN CUTS & SHALLOW HOLES

Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS. LAST PERIOD OF ACTIVITY IN 1940 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O.E., 1954, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BARSTOW QUADRANGLE, SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 165, P. 128

Reference (Production): BOWEN (1954)

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. 52

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 278, 309

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1944, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 314


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