The Fremont-Gover Inc. Loyal Lode is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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Fremont-Gover Inc. Loyal Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fremont-Gover Inc. Loyal Lode
Secondary: Gover
Secondary: N. Gover
Secondary: Foremont
Secondary: Loyal Lode.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fremont Gover Co.
Home Office: C/O C. B.Braun
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
Type: L
Description: Reverse Fault With 375 Ft. Displacement.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AVERAGE THICKNESS OF QUARTZ VEIN 6 FT. AND GOLD ORE PRODUCED FROM AND NEAR THE VEIN IN STRINGERS, POCKETS, AURIFEROUS GREENSTONE. SURFACE TO 170 FT. LEVEL SLATE WALLS; 170 FT. LEVEL TO 600 FT. GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL; BELOW 600 FT BOTH WALLS ARE GREENSTONE. AURIFEROUS GREENSTONE OCCURS IN ZONES UP TO 70 FT. THICK.
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES OCCUR WITH ORE
Comment (Production): THE LOYAL LODE, PART OF THIS MINE,WORKED PRIOR TO 1867; FREMONT AND GOVER CO. FORMED IN 1872; MINE WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY VARIOUS OPERATORS UNTIL 1940. TOTAL PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $5,000,000. CLAIMS COVER 4200 FT. ALONG STRIKE OF MOTHER LODE, INC. THE FREMONT, GOVER, LOYAL LODE MINE AND MILL SITE, NORTH GOVER, BONA ESPERANZA MINE AND MILL SITE, HALF INTEREST IN BONA FORTUNA MINE AND MILL SITE AND SEVERAL PARCELS OF NON-MINERAL LAND. "GOPHER" MINE SHOWN ON USGS QUAD SUTTER CREEK, PROBABLY SHOULD BE GOVER
Comment (Workings): GOVER SHAFT 2500 FT.; FREMONT SHAFT. 2950 , INCLINED 51 DEGREES. EXTENSIVE DRIFTING IN BOTH SHAFTS. GOVER MINE PRINCIPALLY WORKED INITIALLY IN LATE 1880 'S AND EARLY 1890 'S FREMONT SHAFT BEGUN IN 1903 .
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE PRESENTLY INCLUDES THE LOYAL LODE MINE WHICH WAS OPERATING PRIOR TO 1867 . MINE GROUP WORKED INTERMITTANTLY UNTIL 1940 . "GOPHER MINE" SHOWN ON USGS SUTTER CREEK QUADRANGLE, PROBABLY SHOULD BE GOVER.
References
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.:CJMG VOL 50 , P. 179 - 181 .
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 72 - 74
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 53 - 57
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 82 - 84 , 119
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