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Oriflame

Past Producer in Sierra county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10086515
MRDS ID X025383
Record type Site
Current site name Oriflame
Alternate or previous names Oriflamme, Oroflame
Related records 10237491

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83492, 39.44989 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI S OF ALLEGHANY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alleghany(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 010E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 LITURATURE GIVES SEC 03 , BUT ALLEGHANY QUAD SHOWS SEC 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.83492, 39.44989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 VEINS 1ST - SML VERT VEIN PROBABLY SAME AS OUTCROPS ON RIDGE 600 FT S., STRIKES N 10 W. 2ND - 290 FT FROM 1ST IN ADIT, STRIKES N 65 W, DIPS 50 NE. 3RD - STRIKES N 64 W THEN CHANGES TO N 15 W, 2 - 3 FT THICK, FADES TO SML STRINGERS. VEIN SHOWS BANDING OF QTZ & RIBBONS OF SLATY MATL. ADJACENT TO & ALONG RIBBONS ARE SML XTLS OF PYRITE & ARSENOPYRITE. PROJECTION SUGGESTS NE DIPPING VEINS ARE NOT N EXTENSIONS OF IRELAN VEINS. THO PROBABLY THE BELONG TO SAME SYSTEM. VERT VEIN SHOWS SIGNS OF POSTMINERAL SHEARING. E VEIN HAS WELL DEFINED HANGING WALL - IN PLACES SML VERT QTZ STRINGERS ENTER E VEIN FROM FOOTWALL SIDE. NO EVIDENCE OF MARKED REPLACEMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LONG INACTIVE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, LOWER ADIT 440 FT W 150 FT DRIFT. UPPER ADIT CAVED, SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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