Mine detail: Zaca

Previously called 'AdvanceColorado No 2Tarshish'

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Location: Alpine County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.66519, -119.7071
dep_id: 10006821
mrds_id: C004763
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Tungsten, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Hydrothermal Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sanidine
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Hayden, F. (Albers, J.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1857
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO 8 , P. 22 - 27 .
  • Deposit:: EVANS, J. R., ED, 1966 , GUIDEBOOK ALONG THE EAST - CENTRAL FRONT OF THE SIERRA NEVADA: GEOL. SOCIETY OF SACRAMENTO, ANN. FIELD TRIP, JUNE, 1966 , P
  • Deposit:: TUCKER & SAMPSON
  • Production:: CLARK, 1977
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