The Balaklava Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Balaklava Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Balaklava Mine
Secondary: I.X.L. Mine
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: Producer
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
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): ADD. REF.: CALIF. REPT. 20, P. 6; COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 189 AND PL. C
Comment (Workings): OLD 400' INCLINED SHAFT, WITH A LEVEL AT 375' FROM WHICH AN OLD DRIFT WAS RUN ABOUT 100' SW.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CONSISTS OF 80 ACRES; SAID TO BE ON THE CATARACT CHANNEL WHICH EXTENDS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO TUOLUMNE COUNTY. 30' PAYSTREAK IN SOFT GRAVEL YIELDED $3 PER CARLOAD. HYDRAULIC AND DRIFT MINE.
Comment (Production): HYDRAULICKED PRIOR TO 1896; DRIFTED 1896-1900. DRIFTING SHOWED GROUND RICH BUT IDLE. FAULTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 326-7 AND 356 AND PL. 6
Reference (Deposit): REPT. 12, P. 89
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 51, BIG TREES
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