Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFootwall Side Of Qtz. Sheet
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueAnkerite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSlate,Greenstone,Schist,Serpentinite
StructureThrust Fault
AlterationOxidation By H2so4
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1852 - 1867 - 1878 - 1894 1897 - 1904
Discovery year1852
Identification
Deposit ID10030851
MRDS IDM009309
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.6952, -120.19793
References
BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 130 - 132 .CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 124 - 125 .LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , THE MOTHER LODE BELT OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 108 , P. 185 .LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 100 .5) AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 12 .BOWEN & GRAY, 1957