Mine detail: Gold Crown

Previously called 'Wonder'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.46489, -120.84297

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Kanaka Formation;Kanaka Formation
Host type:Slate
Structure:Melones Fault Zone
Tectonic:Sierra Nevada Foothills Accreted Terranes
Alteration processes:Carbonate

References

MRDSX025376
DEP10106528
Reference{Deposit:: MCCULLOCH, W.C., OESTERLING, W.A., SPURCK, W.H., AND TISCHLER, M.S., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, V. 2, P. 36.}{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., AND GANNETT, R.W., 1932, GOLD QUARTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SRUVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 172, P. 102.}{Deposit:: J.K. BOHLKE, 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN. TO N.J PAGE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Production:: MCCULLOCH AND OTHERS (1964)}
ReporterHayden, F. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.