Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings

The Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings is a silver and gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,476 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

Name: Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 1,476 Feet (450 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 37.4325, -119.98861

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Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Buckeye


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Edith Mcelligott


Production

Year: 1941
Time Period: - 1941
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ .10 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1941
Time Period: - 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.25 Oz/Ton Au


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WALLROCKS OF HORNBLENDE - BIOTITE GRANODIORITE AND FINER-GRAINED GRANITIC DIKE ROCK CONTAINING MORE DARK MINERALS THAN THE GRANODIORITE. DIKE INTRUDES VEIN FISSURE AND IN PLACES HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND MINGLED WITH VEIN MATTER. MAIN VEIN IS 2 - 5 FT. THICK.

Comment (Deposit): PATENTED PROPERTY OF 16 ACRES, COMPRISING PARTS OF OLD GRANITE KING AND LIVE OAK CLAIMS.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4 03 ; NW 1/4 SEC 10

Comment (Commodity): RICH ORE FROM UPPER OXIDIZED PART OF VEIN. POCKETS OF ORE OF HIGHER GRADE THAN .3 - .3 OZ AVERAGE.

Comment (Production): HISTORY DATES BEYOND 1870 - OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1941; IDLE SINCE THAT TIME. IN 1909 22 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $174.52 OR AN AVERAGE OF $7.93 PER TON AT OLD PRICE OF GOLD. DURING PERIOD 1938-1941, 9017 TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED WHICH YIELDED 2295 OZ. GOLD AND 916 OZ. SILVER. COPPER PRODUCTION 0-100,000 LBS. - D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, P. 267

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, POCKETS

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT AT LEAST 80 FT. W SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS. SEVERAL FLOODED SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.


References

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 267 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 32 .

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 .

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.: CAL. DIV. MINES, VOL. 57 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 267 .


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