The Akoz is a zinc mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Akoz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Akoz
Secondary: B.A.B.
Secondary: Radium
Secondary: Asposozien
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Carlin (Estate)
Home Office: C/O Mrs. P. Erickson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .12 OZ/TON AU, 10.9 OZ/TON AG, 12.83 % ZN, .79 % PB AND .87 % CU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKINGS; 90 FT. SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS AT THE 35 , 60 AND 90 FT. LEVELS. NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS. 800 FT. EAST IS ANOTHER SHAFT 15 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Production): MAY HAVE PRODUCED GOLD - SILVER ORE PRIOR TO 1900. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE: 400 - 800 FT. IN PLAN, ELONGATED ROUGHLY NORTHWEST.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERICITE SCHIST DERIVED FROM GREENSTONE AND CUT BY GREENSTONE DIKES.
Comment (Deposit): EARLY 1900'S THE UNUSUAL TRIBOLUMINESCENCE OF SPHALERITE WAS MISTAKEN FOR THE GLOW OF RADIUM, SMALL AMOUNT WAS MINED, PULVERIZED AND MARKETED FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY; VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 , P. 546 .
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIR. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 1 & 2 , P. 198 - 199 .
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