Mine detail: Mount Buckingham Group

Previously called 'VanderbiltSunset IiiCrown Point'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.51826, -119.8507

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Chiastolite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1850 , - 1869 , - 1871 , - 1883 , - 1885 , - 1889 , - 1893 , - 1916 , 1930 - 31

Geology

Host type:Mica Schist,Granite
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSM009913
DEP10031253
Reference{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. 133 - 134 , 288}{Deposit:: CASTELLO, W.O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P 127 , 128}{Deposit:: LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 102 - 103}{Production:: BOWEN & GRAY 1957}
ReporterBowman, J. And Albers, J.