1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Owens

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034314
MRDS ID M021071
Record type Site
Current site name Owens
Alternate or previous names Old Owens

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.60167, 33.08423 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF EAST FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO BANNER CYN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Julian(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Diego(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012S 004E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE COMMON IN WALL ROCKS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 1/4 - 3 1/4 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.60167, 33.08423
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY NE
    Thickness 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: JULIAN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1890 - 1910

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE OF TOTAL PRODUCTION THRU 1910 IS ESTIMATED AT $300,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 556.26M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 275 FT. SHAFT AND APPENDED ADITS DEVELOPED ON THE OWENS LEDGE, DRIFTS EXTENDED WEST-NORTHWEST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST ON THE 100 , 200 AND 275 FT. LEVEL, RANGED IN LENGTH FROM 300 - 460 FT. RED LEDGE WAS DISCOVERED AND WORKED IN 1880'S ON THE 200 FT. LEVEL, SHAFT WAS EXTENDED DOWN TO 325 FT.. TOTAL LENGTH OF THE LEVEL WORKINGS IS ABOUT 1,500 FT. WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 320

  • Deposit

    WEBER, F.H., JR., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COUNTY REPORT 3 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 131 - 132

  • Production

    WEBER, F.H., JR., 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS. OWENS LEDGE REPORTED TO CROP OUT 20 FT. S - SW OF RED LEDGE LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.