Oakland Mine

The Oakland Mine is a gold mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,949 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

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Site Name

Primary: Oakland Mine
Secondary: Davis Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Sheep Tanks District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Rea Gold Corp.
Home Office: Vancouver, British Columbia
Years: 1986 -

Production

Year: 1950
Time Period: 1949-1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^12.5 Oz Au/Ton, 3.7 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Form: LENTICULAR/IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IN 1932, AN ASSAY SHOWED THE FIRST TWENTY FEET OF DEPTH ASSAYED SEVERAL DOLLARS IN GOLD PER TON, BUT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SHAFT RAN LESS THAN $2 PER TON.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): DURING 1984-86, REA CARRIED OUT GEOLOGIC EVALUATION, SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM, AND IDENTIFIED RESERVES. PROPERTY THEN RETURNED TO OWNERS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT WITH A SHORT CROSSCUT AND AN INCLINED WINZE

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, 1987.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 140.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 174.

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

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