The Oxford Mine & Mill is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 3,455 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: 3,455 Feet (1,053 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.57833, -120.83278
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Oxford Mine & Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oxford Mine & Mill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: Chromite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT REACHES VEIN AT 650 FT., DRIFTS 900 FT. 2ND ADIT 150 FT. W 50 FT. DRIFT. 3RD ADIT 250 FT. CUTS VEIN 80 FT. FROM PORTAL, 30 FT. DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): VEIN 2 - 7 1/2 FT. THICK, 50 FT. FROM SLATE-SERPENTINE CONTACT, CHANGES STRIKE FROM N 15 W TO N TO N 15 E. THE ORE IS OXIDIZED. THE WALLS A MIXTURE OF SLATE & SOAPSTONE, BUT THE HANGING WALL ON NO. 2 EXT. IS PORPHYRY.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ORE SHOOT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 35 , 62 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 109.
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