The Peirano is a gold and stone mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Peirano MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peirano
Secondary: Santa Ana
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Stone
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: Soapstone
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): ON MOTHER LODE - 2 FT THICK VEIN. CRUDE SOAP TREATED AND USED FOR BUILDING STONE
Comment (Production): 100 TONS OF TOPS STONE SHIPPED IN NOV, 1927 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT DEEP SHAFT
Comment (Location): UTM EST NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
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. 173 & 215
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. 315
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. 50 & PL 3
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 115 & 119
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
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