GoldOriflame Mine, Alleghany, Forest District, Sierra Co., California, USA
Photo: Rob Lavinsky Latitude: 39°27'0"N
Longitude: 120°50'2"W
A former lode Au mine located about 1 mile SSE of Alleghany.
Mineralization is hosted in greenschist, slate and gabbro.
Workings included an adit.
References
Averill, Charles V. (1942), Mineral resources of Sierra County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 38): 38(1): 7-67.
Ferguson, Henry G. & R.W. Gannett (1932), Gold quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California: USGS PP 172: 126, 127, figure 41.
Carlson, D.W. & W.B. Clark (1956), Lode gold mines of the Alleghany-Downieville area, Sierra County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52: 237-291.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 33.
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