The Ione is a copper mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Ione MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ione
Secondary: Irish Hill
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Crocker First National Bank
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: 7 % CU, $8/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TOPO MAPS ALSO SHOW A PROSPECT IN NE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF THIS SECTION AND A GRAVEL PIT IN SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Production): REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME STIBNITE AS WELL AS COPPER ORES, GOLD, SILVER, AND ZINC. OPERATED BY IONE COAL AND IRON CO. IN 1915
Comment (Deposit): TWO ORESHOTS OF GOOD GRADE DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, ONE 600 FT. DEEP, THE OTHER IS 235 FT. DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY; VOL. 53 NO. 3 & 4, P. 419
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION; 23RD REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 149
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