Louisiana

The Louisiana is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,699 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Louisiana  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.73, -120.05556

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Louisiana MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Louisiana


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Coulterville


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Owner Name: Sarah W. Treat
Home Office: C/O Mrs. Rob'T. Sherman


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granite Badly Altered


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: $6 - $15 AU/TON, 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 PERCENT SULFIDES. SULFIDE CONCENTRATE ASSAYED $100 - $500/TON


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP

Comment (Deposit): PATENTED PROPERTY OF 30 ACRES. VEIN MATTER IN THE ORE SHOOTS CONSIST OF NATIVE GOLD, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND PYRITE, PYRITE BEING MOST ABUNDANT. COMPLETE PRODUCTION FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED. (WORKINGS MAY BE THOSE SHOWN ON U.S.GEOL.SURVEY QUAD. BUCKHORN PEAK, CAL.,1949)

Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION IN 1953 .

Comment (Deposit): VEIN 2 - 15 FT. THICK

Comment (Workings): FIVE SHAFTS OF VARIOUS DEPTHS; 2 TUNNELS ON THE NW PART OF THE CLAIM; UNDETERMINED NO. OF OTHER ADITS ON SE PART OF CLAIM.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S


References

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. 120 - 122 .

Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 122 .

Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 96 .

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E., MCLENEGAN, J. D., MATSON, E. J., 1957 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1954 , VOLUME THREE, AREA REPORTS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, P. 220.

Reference (Deposit): 5) AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 12

Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957


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