Mine detail: Napoleon

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Location: Calaveras County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.92741, -120.7299
dep_id: 10028626
mrds_id: M005714
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR/IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitization
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Gere, W., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_type: Greenstone
Structure: Shear Zone Strikes N 75 W Dips 65 - 75 Se
References:
  • Deposit:: CLARK,W.B. AND LYDON,P.A., 1962,MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COUNTY REPT. 2 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 27 .
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 354 , P. 433 .
  • Deposit:: HEYL, G.R., 1948 , ZINC-COPPER MINES OF THE QUAIL HILL AREA, CALAVERAS, CALIFORNIA; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 122 - 124
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