The Zeila Zeile is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.345, -120.76278
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Zeila Zeile MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zeila Zeile
Secondary: Zeila
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mark And Frances Eudey
Years: 1953 -
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ON THIS PROPERTY INCLUDE: CONEY AND BIGELOW, BLUE JACKET; ALSO TROWBRIDGE, NUNNER AND KEENEY RANCHES. THIS MINE ON E. VEIN OF MOTHER LODE.
Comment (Geology): ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS ON CONTACT OF GREENSTONE AND SLATE-SCHIST. THE MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 20 FT. IN THICKNESS, AND IT IS COVERED BY GOUGE ON THE FOOTWALL, RANGING FROM A FEW FT. TO FIFTY FT. IN THICKNESS. HIGHEST ORE GRADES FOUND IN RIBBON-QUARTZ STRUCTURES. DIORITE DIKE 4 TO 5 FT. THICK ACCOMPANIES VEIN.
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED IN 1860'S AND UNTIL 1875; REOPENED IN 1880 AND OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1914; IDLE SINCE THAT TIME. THE MINE HAS PRODUCED OVER $5,000,000 IN GOLD. THE TAILINGS ARE STILL UTILIZED BY THE AMADOR COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT. COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 LBS. GOLD ORE WAS LOW GRADE AVERAGING LESS THAN $4 A TON PRIOR TO 1914 .
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, 65 DEGREE, 1700 FT.; ON 1570 FT. LEVEL, 3000 FT. DRIFT, NORTH FROM SHAFT WHERE WINZE FOLLOWS VEIN, 458 FT.; ON 1730 FT. LEVEL, 350 FT. DRIFT N. ON VEIN FROM WINZE; ON 1865 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 450 FT. NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P.
Reference (Deposit): HANKS, H.G., 1886 , SIXTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 6 , P. 22 - 23
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 22 , 66 , 85 , 88
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 68 , 104
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
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