The Jackson Mccarthy Old Calaveras Mine is a copper mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Jackson Mccarthy Old Calaveras Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jackson Mccarthy Old Calaveras Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Mc Carty Fault; Strikes Parallel To Calaveras Fault 20 - 25 Ft East, Mc Carty Fault Dips East On Surface, Underground Workings Shows It Swing Through Vertical And Dip Steeply West.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS, 2 SHORT LEVELS CONNECTED BY AN IRREGULAR OPEN STOPE, AND A WINZE.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS 2-7 FT. ZONE OF CRUSHING AND SHEARING ALONG SW SIDE OF MCCARTY FAULT.
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS; SOUTH ONE 35 FT. DEEP, NORTH ONE PARTIALLY CAVED UNDETERMINED DEPTH , TWO SHORT LEVELS ON SOUTH SHAFT WITH A WINZE AND AN IRREGULAR OPEN STOPE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS; GREEN SPOTTED CHORITE SCHIST WITHIN ZONE OF COPPER MINERALIZATION ARE THIN STREAKS OF INTENSELY CHLORITIZED ROCK, RESTRICTED TO WIDTH OF 3 - 4 FT. ADJACENT TO MC CARTY FAULT.
Comment (Commodity): ORE; MIXTURE OF MALACHITE AND CUPRITE IN LIMONITE; LOWER PORTIONS OF WORKINGS SHOW CHALCOPYRITE, ENCRUSTATIONS OF CHALCANTHITE NOT UNCOMMON.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, G.R., 1948 , ORE DEPOSITS OF COPPEROPOLIS, CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 109
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