Easyz Bird

The Easyz Bird is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Easyz Bird
Secondary: Big Pine
Secondary: Le Rio
Secondary: Outlook
Secondary: Pacific

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: California
County: Calaveras

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

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

Type: L
Description: Beatty Fault Displaces Vein 50 Ft To N

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU TO AG RATIO 4:1 , SULFIDES CARRY 90 % OF AU ORE

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ORE SHOOTS GEN 15 - 20 FT LONG AND 100 - 360 FT. LONG, FORMED AT VEIN INTERSECTIONS, SOME POCKETS FOUND

Comment (Location): UTM ACC S 1/2 , CNTR OF SEC

Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1898 - 1907 , 1914 - 1917 , 1931 , 1933 - 1938 , 1938 - 1942 - $4 - 6 PER TON AVE ORE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comment (Deposit): VEINS, DIP ON EASYZ BIRD VEIN FROM 2 - 40 FT IN THICKNESS, HANGING WALL IS GRANODIORITE, FOOTWALL IS SLATE. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PARALLEL AND INTERSECTING VEINS, WITH MAIN TWO BEING BLUE BIRD AND HUMMINGBIRD. EASYZ BIRD VEIN IS INTERSECTED BY 13 VEINS STRIKING N. EASYZ VEIN IS FAULT-FISSURE VEIN. SERIES OF 13 VEINS INCLUDE J. P. MORGAN, CHALLENGER AND FRACTION VEINS

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 303 FT VERTICLE SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS TO VEIN AT 100 , 200 AND 300 FT. DRIFT ON THESE LEVELS EXTEND 1100 FT NE AND 900 FT SW. ADIT FROM S CONNECTS 100 FT LEVEL, SHRINKAGE STOPE MINING

Comment (Geology): CALAVERAS SLATE IS COUNTRY ROCK ON E. END OF PROPERTY.

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 52 , 148 AND PLB

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 251 - 253

Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )

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