Mine detail: Alto Mine

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Location

Lat / long: 37.89457, -120.60654

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold, Pyrite, Slate
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Tabular, pinch and swell
Discovery year: 1886

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Hydrothermal vein
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Salt Springs slate
Host type:Slate,Greenstone
Structure:Bear Mountains fault zone, Melones fault zone
Tectonic:Magmatic arc
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal pyritization of greenstone

References

DEP10310583
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 24.}{Deposit:: Clark, W.B. and Carlson, D.W., 1956, Mines and mineral resources of El Dorado County: California Division of Mines, California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 52, p. 413-429.}{Deposit:: Clark. W.B., and Lydon, P.A., 1962, Mines and mineral resources of Calaveras County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology County Report No. 2, p. 37, 40.}{Deposit:: Earhart, R.L., 1988, Geologic setting of gold occurrences in the Big Canyon area, El Dorado County, California: U.S. Geological Survey professional Paper 1576, 13 p.}{Deposit:: Miller, C. N., 1940, Unpublished letter report on Alto Mine for Smith Manufacturing Company, 2 p.}
ReporterDowney, Cameron (Higgins, Chris, T.), Schruben, Paul G.