Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. and Orvana Resources Corporation
- Abstract:
- This collection documents the mining activities of Orvana Resources Corporation in California, and San Bernardino County in particular. It includes geological, topographical, and claims maps; soil analysis reports; project reports, notes, and research material; aerial photographs; and some correspondence and legal paperwork. Material has been created by and for Orvana, or aggregated by Orvana from the activities of other mining companies, such as Billiton, USMX, Blackhawk Mines, Mother Lode Mining Company, Wind River Mining Corporation, and Atlas Precious Metals, Inc. Sites and prospects include several in or near the Sacramento and San Bernardino Mountain ranges in San Bernardino County.
- Extent:
- 5.2 Linear Feet 3 cartons, 1 box, 3 tubes
- Language:
- English and Collection materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Orvana Mining Company records, BANC MSS 2017/171, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection documents the mining activities of Orvana Resources Corporation in California, and San Bernardino County in particular. It includes geological, topographical, and claims maps; soil analysis reports; project reports, notes, and research material; aerial photographs; and some correspondence and legal paperwork. Material has been created by and for Orvana, or aggregated by Orvana from the activities of other mining companies, such as Billiton, USMX, Blackhawk Mines, Mother Lode Mining Company, Wind River Mining Corporation, and Atlas Precious Metals, Inc. Sites and prospects include several in or near the Sacramento and San Bernardino Mountain ranges in San Bernardino County.
Materials have been listed alphabetically by project location or subject title.
- Biographical / historical:
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Orvana Resources Corporation is a currently non- operating subsidiary of Orvana Minerals Corporation, a Canadian gold mining and exploration company based in Toronto, Ontario, which is involved in the evaluation, development and mining of precious metal deposits in the Americas. Orvana Minerals Corp. currently has its principal operations at the Don Mario copper-gold-silver mine in eastern Bolivia, and the El Valle gold- copper mines in Spain.
Orvana Resources Corp. was registered as a California corporation on 02/09/1987 and in Colorado on 08/14/1987. Both are now terminated. This collection covers a period of activity in California from roughly 1985-1995.
Staff and affiliated persons who appear in the collection material include Skip Karns, John Squyres, and Steven Van Ert.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, November 28, 2012. Addition made January 7, 2013.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Lori Dedeyan in 2017.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged to the folder level.
- Accruals:
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No additions are expected.
- Physical location:
- Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Orvana Mining Company records, BANC MSS 2017/171, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481