Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext.

The Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext. is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.

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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

Name: Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext.  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.50667, -120.05694

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Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext.


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Mount Bullion


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Mariposa Com'L And Mining Co.
Home Office: Mariposa Com'L & Mining Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
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

Not available


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 300 FT. SHAFT WITH 13 LEVELS, A 550 FOOT ADIT LEVEL, 510 FOOT DRIFT ON 1ST LEVEL, 360 FT. DRIFT ON 2ND LEVEL. CROSS CUTS, RAISES, STOPES.

Comment (Production): PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY 1860'S, 1901-14. SOME WORK DONE 1941 BUT NOTHING SINCE. RECORDS SHOW PRODUCTION 1900-15, GREENS GULCH PRODUCED 10,625 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED $119,140.70, AVERAGE VALUE OF $10.25 PER TON AT OLD GOLD PRICE; DURING SAME PERIOD GREENS GULCH EXT. PRODUCED 10.25 TONS OF ORE FROM WHICH $313.99 WAS REALIZED OR $13.96 PER TON.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN MATTER IS PRINCIPALLY MILKY QUARTZ CONTAINING NATIVE GOLD AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE. THE GREENS GULCH VEIN IS PROBABLY AN EXTENSION OF THE MAIN VEIN AT THE PRINCETON MINE (SECS. 13, 18). THIS MINE IS ONE OF THE LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINES.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BROAD VEIN INTERSECTED BY NE-TRENDING CUTTER VEINS. THE MOTHER LODE BROAD VEIN PART OF A SERIES OF NW-TRENDING EN ECHELON MOTHER LODE VEINS, AND IS PROBABLY AN EXTENSION OF THE PRINCETON MINE MAIN VEIN. AVE THICKNESS 3 FT.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. SEC LINES PROJECTED


References

Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MARIPOSA COUNTY: 17TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST ( FOR 1920 ) , P. 117 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 94 .

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 105 - 106 , 267 .


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