Mine detail: Silver Lead

Previously called 'St. Gabriel and HoneycombSilver Lead & Margavetta'

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Location: Mariposa County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.55936, -120.21377
dep_id: 10030917
mrds_id: M009406
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Bowman, J. And Albers, J.
hrock_type: Diorite,Hornfels,Slate
arock_type: Diorite
disc_yr: 1865
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. 169 - 170 , 305
  • Deposit:: LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 116 - 117
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