The Pike Gulch is a mine located in Marin county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pike Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pike Gulch
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Marin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mary Galloway
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LOW-GRADE COPPER ORE
Comment (Production): PIKE COUNTY GULCH COPPER MNG. CO. EXPLORED IN 1863-1866 BUT ENTERPRISE WAS ABANDONED.
Comment (Workings): 790 FT., ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908 ; COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 168
Reference (Deposit): PLANCK, WM. F. VER., 1955 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIN COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 51 , NO. 3 , ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 279
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