Mine detail: Gold Mountain

Previously called 'Quartz Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.44684, -120.81296

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Gneiss

References

MRDS	M005158
DEP	10028274
Reference	{Deposit:: CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 246}{Deposit:: IRELAND, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 145}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 190}
Reporter	Gere, W., Tatkin, T.; Albers, J.