The California Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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
California Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Mine
Secondary: Connolly and Jenson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Oligoclase
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, AND FREE GOLD IN 4-FT WIDE ZONE OF SHATTERED QUARTZ AND SCHIST ADJACENT TO SHEAR ZONE TRENDING N 15 DEGREES W; AU CONTENT OF ORE MAINLY IN SULFIDES; STIBNITE VEINS UP TO 2 IN THICK ALSO REPORTED; MO AND W DETECTED IN ASSAYS; MANGANITE(?) IN GOUGE.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 70 FT SHAFT INCLINED 60 DEGREES, AND 12 FT OPEN CUT, CAVED AND/OR WATER-FILLED BY 1920; 3 STAMP-MILL IN USE, 1915-16, HAD A RATED CAPACITY OF 10-12 TPD; MOST ORE MINED FROM OPEN-CUT.
Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE TRACED FOR 3 MI; TRANSVERSE TO SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK AND CROSSCUTS SET OF BARREN QUARTZ VEINS WITH N 40 DEGREES E STRIKE AND 50 DEGREES SE DIP; MINERALIZED "VEIN" IS PARALLEL TO CONTACT WITH DOMINANTLY MARBLE UNIT 300 FT TO THE E.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-248, LOC. 3. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): 38 TONS OF ORE MILLED, 1915-16, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 427.
Comment (Development): MOST DEVELOPMENT WAS BEFORE 1916; USBM DATA: 2 LODE CLAIMS, ENTRY YEAR 1974, LAST ACTIVITY 1982, AK-KX-52-118.
Comment (Deposit): TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 122.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 32, LOC. 414.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 967, TABLE 6, P. 28.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-22
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 379, P. 280-282.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 533, P. 131-132, 134.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 402.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 426-427.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 185, 253-255.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-248, LOC. 3.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 233.
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