California Mine

The California Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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: California Mine
Secondary: Connolly and Jenson

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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