Ozier

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035654
MRDS ID M023510
Record type Site
Current site name Ozier
Alternate or previous names Ozer
Related records 10164068

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89086, 34.32558 (WGS84)
Elevation 2454
Relative position 1.6 MI. NE HOLCOMB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fawnskin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 001E 20,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 SW 1/4 21 REF. PLACES MINE ONLY IN SEC. 20. PROSPECTS ON MAP IN SEC. 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.89086, 34.32558

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ MONZONITE HARD TO THOROUGHLY DECOMPOSED

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 workings information

  • NUMEROUS ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, NONE MORE THAN 100 FT. DEEP. WORKINGS NOW CAVED, SHOWN ONLY BY DUMP MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 77-78

  • Deposit

    RICHMOND, J.F., AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS., NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEPLY-DIPPING FRACTURES CLOSELY SPACED THROUGH A ZONE 200 FT. THICK
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS. OPENED BY MEXICANS IN LATE 1850'S. REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MOST ACTIVE FROM 1860-1890. 26.02 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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