Hasloe

The Hasloe is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,100 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Hasloe
Secondary: Funk
Secondary: Coward
Secondary: Hasloe & Centuary
Secondary: Gentry Gulch

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: California
County: Mariposa

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Walter D. Mclean Et Al.

Production

Year: 1948
Time Period: Through 1948
Material type: AG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^14.16 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1857
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEIN AVERAGES 30 INCHES WIDE, BUT VARIES BETWEEN 6 INCHES AND 5 FT

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS MILKY QUARTZ WITH WALL-ROCK GOUGE AND OCCASIONAL PARALLEL INCLUSIONS OF SLATE.

Comment (Workings): 500 FT. INCLINED SHAFT AND A 700-FT. DRIFT ADIT. FROM THE SHAFT THERE ARE 1750 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 6 LEVELS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DIORITE DIKE HAS INTRUDED FOR 200 FT. ALONG THE VEIN FISSURE IN THE VICINITY OF THE WEST ORE SHOOT.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS OF 41.12 ACRES AND TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ORE MINERALS ARE NATIVE GOLD, TETRAHEDRITE AND A LITTLE GALENA AND ARSENOPYRITE.

Comment (Production): WORKED BY VARIOUS OPERATORS FROM 1857 TO 1948. MINE WAS TO BE REOPENED IN 1956. PRODUCTION UP TO NOV. 1, 1873 WAS SAID TO BE $200,000 BUT PREVIOUS REPORTS SAID PRODUCTION WAS AT $600,000 UP TO 1866. OPERATIONS 1880-1890 SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED OVER $3,000,000. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORTS 3284 TONS OF ORE TAKEN FROM MINE BETWEEN 1910-1948 YIELDED 1703.68 OZ. GOLD AND 232 OZ. SILVER, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN $30,000. COPPER PRODUCTION 0-100,000 LBS. - D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, P. 267.

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 , PP. 106 - 108 , 268 .

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. 118 .

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 267 .

Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 11 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

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