Feliciana

The Feliciana is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 3,652 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: Feliciana  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.59111, -119.92417

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Feliciana MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Feliciana


Commodity

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


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1943
Time Period: - 1943
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.65 Oz/Ton
Year: 1934
Time Period: - 1934
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.74 Oz/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): 340 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS, A WINZE CONNECTING WITH LOWER LEVELS AND DRIFTS. DOWNSLOPE TUNNEL 300 FT. BELOW. FELICIANA ADIT IS 1400 FT. LONG AND CONNECTS TO THE OLDER VEIN VIA AN 80 FT. RAISE.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ORE SHOOTS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GRAPHITIC AND HORNFELSIC SLATES AND SCHISTS. FELICIANA VEIN AVE. 2.5 - 3.5 FT. THICK STRIKE 35 - 40 NW, DIPS 70 - 75 SW, WITH SURFACE EXPOSURE FOR NEARLY 1000 VERTICAL FT. BESIDES STEEPLY DIPPING SECONDARY VEIN INTERSECTING IT AT 20 DEGREES, ARE TWO MINOR VEINS JOINING THE VEIN FROM THE EAST OR FOOTWALL SIDE, LARGELY UNEXPLORED. CUT BY SMALL QTZ. DIORITE DIKES.

Comment (Commodity): THE PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF THE MAIN VEIN WITH THE SECONDARY VEIN INTERSECTING IT.

Comment (Production): BETWEEN 1941 AND 1943 A TOTAL OF 4428 TONS OF ORE YIELDED 2873.1 OZ. OF AU AND 465 OZ. OF AG.


References

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. 98 - 99 , 260 .

Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT WITH SPEC. REF. TO GOLD: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 33 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957


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