Mine detail: Lafayette and Lafayette Ext.

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Location: Mariposa County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.59131, -120.18877
dep_id: 10030906
mrds_id: M009392
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fissure
Reporter: Bowman, J. And Albers, J., Gere, W.
hrock_type: Tuff,Andesite
prod_yrs: 1866 - 1867
References:
  • Deposit:: BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 116 , 275 .
  • Deposit:: LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 93 - 4 .
  • Deposit:: CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 119 .
  • Production:: BOWEN & GRAY 1957
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