| Lat / long: | 37.55936, -120.25516 |
| Primary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Secondary: | Gold, Silver, Lead |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1890 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host type: | Schist |
| Structure: | Schistosity Trends North, Rocks Extremely Fissile, Crinkled And Folded; Crinkles In Schistosity Plung 50 - 70 North Or South, Suggest Zone Of Shearing. |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal, Sericitization |
| MRDS | M009407 |
| DEP | 10030918 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 1 & 2 , P. 199 - 200 .}{Deposit:: ERIC, J. H., AND COX, M. W., 1948 , ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE - BLUE MOON AREA, MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 142 - 144 .} |
| Reporter | Gere, W., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) |