Mine detail: Excelsior

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.39545, -120.50713

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper, Zinc, Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: DISCONTINUOUS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Vein Oxidized At Surface

References

MRDSC012001
DEP10007669
Reference{Deposit:: LOGAN, C. A., 1924 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 20 , NO. 4 , P. 357 - 358 , 361 .}{Deposit:: MACBOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 168 .}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2 , P. 43 .}{Production:: LOGAN ( 1924 )}
ReporterBowman, J. And Albers, J., Mosier, Dan