Location: | Mariposa County, California, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.55936, -120.25516 |
dep_id: | 10030918 |
mrds_id: | M009407 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Copper, Zinc |
Minor mineral: | Gold, Silver, Lead |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Replacement |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Quartz, Sericite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR |
work_type: | Surface/Underground |
alteration: | Hydrothermal, Sericitization |
conc_proc: | Oxidized Zone Above Adit Shows Streaks Of Azurite And Malachite. |
Reporter: | Gere, W., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) |
hrock_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. |
dy_ba: | < |
disc_yr: | 1890 |
References: |
- 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 .
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