The Lightner Mine Eastland is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.07417, -120.54167
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Lightner Mine Eastland MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lightner Mine Eastland
Secondary: Eastland
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: 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: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LARGE TONNAGES OF LOW-GRADE ORE, WHEN MINE CLOSED THERE WAS SUPPOSIDLY 200,000 TONS OF ORE LEFT ABOVE 300 FT LEVEL
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1857 , 1896 - 1910 , 1910 - 1915
Comment (Location): UTM EST NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, VEIN ZONE UP TO 120 FT WIDE. DIP FROM STEEP TO VERTICLE. ABOVE 600 FT LEVEL ORE IS MINERALIZED SCHIST AND SLATE WITH QUARTZ AND TALC, BELOW THIS LEVEL THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT VEIN ZONES. A VEIN OF TALC CROSSES THE MAIN VEIN BETWEEN 500 AND 600 FT LEVELSMAIN VEIN REPORTED 120 FT WIDE BETWEEN 4TH AND 6TH L ELS OF WORKINGS, BUT SPLIT INTO 3 STRANDS ON THE 6TH LEVEL, 100 FT N OF SHAFT. CLAIMS COVERS AT LEAST 420 FT.
Comment (Workings): FIRST MINED AT SURFACE THEN EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND METHODS BY A 1050 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT EVERY 100 FT DOWN TO 600 FT
References
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. 311
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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 34 - 35 , 60 - 61 , 162 AND PLB
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P 143 - 144 AND PL 6
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