The Gold Blossom is a gold and silver mine located in Placer county, California at an elevation of 850 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
Elevation: 850 Feet (259 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.90306, -121.13778
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Gold Blossom MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Blossom
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Ophir
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mutual Security Co.
Years: 1935 -
Production
Year: 1899
Time Period: 1896 - 1899
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONC ASSAYS $17.55 - $255 AU/TON, $57.04 - $75.52 AG/TON, ORE ASSAYS 0.5 OZ AU, 245 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2, NE 1/4 , SW 1/4 AND S 1/2 , NW 1/4 , SE 1/4 , SEC. 12 , SW 1/4 SEC. 7
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEINS 2 - 3 FT. THICK, SULFIDES 1 1/2 - 3 %.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, TUNNEL, DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES MARION LODE, OHIO CLAIM, BACK ACTION AND GOLD BLOSSOM NO. 2 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 339 - 340 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , GOLD-PLACER: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST. CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 278 .
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1894 , THE GOLD-SILVER VEINS OF OPHIR, CALIFORNIA: 14TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2 , P. 270 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 590 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1936 ) WARING ( 1917 ) GOODWIN ( 1957 )
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 23 - 24 , 29 .
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