Mine detail: Ancho Qtz

Previously called 'Erie'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.41906, -120.74964

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	SEVERAL SHOOTS, ONE IN ANCHO IS 400 FT. LONG, 5 - 30 FT THICK. 2 IN DUBLIN BAY 70 - 100 FT LONG AND 12 - 15 FT. THICK

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Blue Canyon Formation;Blue Canyon Formation;
Host type:	Slate

References

MRDS	C011909
DEP	10007638
Reference	{Deposit:: LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 . P 383 .}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., NORMAN, L. A., JR., 1951 , COUNTIES OF CALIFORNIA-MINERAL AND SIGNIFICANT MINING ACTIVITIES OF 1949 : CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47 , P. 347 .}{Deposit:: GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS 3 AND 4 , P. 574 .}{Deposit:: MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 116 - 117}{Deposit:: 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 41 .}{Production:: AVERILL, 1951 ; LOGAN, 1941 ; MACBOYLE, 1919 .}
Reporter	Bowman, J. And Albers, J., Mosier, Dan