Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryCopper, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlOre Shoots Associated W/Small Fissures.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSlate,Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1855
Identification
Deposit ID10102897
MRDS IDM009736
Alternate namesMonarch, Empire Farmers Hope, Miners Hope, Mohawk, Tollgate, Bonanza Ii
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.55021, -120.01598
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. 307CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P 139LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 117BOWEN & GRAY 1957 .