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Live Oak Group

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035207
MRDS ID M022385
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak Group
Related records 10237934

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.49528, 32.95089 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES NW OF MT. LAGUNA, IN ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014S 005E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.49528, 32.95089
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Strikes Ne, Dips Steeply Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE
    Strike NORTH
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Length 22.86M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE - FROM LITERATURE IT SOUNDS LIKE PRODUCTION WAS FROM GOLD OR LODE CLAIMS, BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF ANY TUNGSTEN WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW NW TRENDING CUTS, IN A NE-FACING SLOPE. LOWER CUT IS 125 FT. LONG AND IS 25 FT. NE OF UPPER ONE WHICH IS 100 FT. LONG. RECENT WORKINGS INCLUDE A SW TRENDING TRENCH, 100 FT. LONG, 15 TO 20 FT. WIDE AND AS DEEP AS 8 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN DIEGO, CA.; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 278

  • Production

    WEBER, H.F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CROPS OUT ON THE NE SIDE OF A NW TRENDING INTERFLUVE. EXTENT IS NOT KNOWN. WORKINGS SUGGEST NO MORE THAN 75 FT. LONG AND 5 TO 8 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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