The Elkhorn is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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Elkhorn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elkhorn
Secondary: Haywire
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: V. F. Pierce, W. H. Riddle, F. C. Hamburg
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC 29
Comment (Production): ACTIVE IN EARLY 1890'S,1939-1942 AND PRESENT OPERATORS LEASED THE PROPERTY IN 1950 AND WERE SINKING A NEW SHAFT. PRODUCTION ABOUT $15,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER WITH SOME COPPER AND LEAD RECOVERED BETWEEN 1936-1942. SOME PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1954. THIS PATENTED MINING CLAIM IS OWNED BY MARY AND SADIE R. GRILLO AND PROBABLY IS THE WORKING SHOWN AS LOCATED ABOVE, ON USGS QUAD. WEST POINT, CALIF. 1949
Comment (Deposit): NO MENTION OF COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS CONSISTING OF 2 SHAFTS CAVED; NEW SHAFT ( 1950 'S ) 85 FT. WITH DRIFTS 55 FT. ON 75 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FREE GOLD OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEIN AND STRINGERS OF GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE, AND SOME CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, BORNITE AND ARSENOPYRITE.
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): LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 189
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
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