The Italion is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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Italion MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Italion
Secondary: Black Hills
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Black Hill Mining Co.
Home Office: C/O William Tam
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
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: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 24
Comment (Production): MINE BEGAN PRODUCING GOLD IN EARLY 1860'S, WORKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD DURING 1890; REACTIVATED IN 1932 AND OPERATED UNTIL 1940. NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1940 HAS BEEN RECORDED. PRODUCED $140,000 FROM 1932-1940. CONSIDERABLE EQUIPMENT REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY. COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 LBS. SOME MILLING ORE TESTED IN 1954 AND GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTS FROM AMALGAM AND CONCENTRATE
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF CROSSCUTS, WINZES, DRIFTS AND STOPES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ VEIN BETWEEN SLATE HANGING WALL, GREENSTONE FOOTWALL; VEIN AVERAGES 10 FT. IN THICKNESS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN.RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 181
Reference (Deposit): IRELAND, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 115 - 116
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 85 , 119
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK W.B., 1954
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