Italion

The Italion is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.

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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: 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

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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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