The Vista Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Vista Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vista Mine
Secondary: Russell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): VISTA VEIN ATTITUDE GIVEN. MOTHER LODE VEIN ATTITUDE IS N 30 W, 65 NE. ON MOTHER LODE. 15 FT THICK VISTA VEIN, OF QZ & CALCITE HAS GREENSTONE FOOTWALL & SLATE HANGING WALL. 16 FT THICK MOTHER LODE
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4
Comment (Production): ONE 2500 TON LOT OF ORE AVE $7/TON AU MOST PRODUCTION FROM VISTA, BUT ONE CROSSCUT TO MOTHER AVERAGED $4/TON
Comment (Workings): 350 FT INCLINED ( 52 DEG ) SHAFT W LEVELS EACH 100 FT. 1350 FT OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS INTERSECTING VISTA VEIN & MOTHER LODE VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): DUMP RECENTLY WORKED FOR ROAD ROCK. PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., & LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 34 , 35 , 178 & PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 292 - 294
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., STROMQUIST, A. A., & SWINNY, C. M., 1955 , GEOL. OF THE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA QUADS., CALAVERAS & TUOLOMNE COS.: CALIF. DIV. MINES SPEC. REPORT. 41 , P. 51
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
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