The Red Gap is a gold mine located in Alpine county, California.
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Mine Info
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Red Gap MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Gap
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Alpine
District: Monitor - Mogul
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
Discovery Year: 1963
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UTM EST. S 1/2 32
Comment (Production): DISCOVERED AROUND 1963 . FOR SEVERAL YEARS OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ZACA MINE. SUBSEQUENT ACTIVITY UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 150 FT ADIT, OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE IN SE EXTENSION OF SAME ALTERATION ZONE THAT CONTAINS MORNING STAR & CURTZ. MORE DETAILED GEOLOGICAL WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO DETERMINE THE MAJOR STRUCTURES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO METAL MINERALIZATION. ORE IS HIGHLY ALTERED, MUCH OF IT BEING SOFT AND CLAYEY
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO 8 , P 21 , 46
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1977
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