Silver Lead

The Silver Lead is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Silver Lead  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.55944, -120.21278

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Silver Lead MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Lead
Secondary: St. Gabriel and Honeycomb
Secondary: Silver Lead & Margavetta


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Hornitos


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: E. G. Branson Et Al.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S

Comment (Geology): WALL ROCKS CHIEFLY DENSE, MASSIVE BLUE - BLACK QUARTZ - BIOTITE HORNFELS & MASSIVE SPOTTED SLATE. CUT AT DEPTH BY GREEN METAVOLCANIC DIKES & DARK, QUARTZ - RICH GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY DIKES NEITHER OF WHICH OUTCROP CONSPICUOUSLY.

Comment (Deposit): 2 PATENTED CLAIMS. SILVER LEAD AND MARGARETTA, TOTAL OF 39.84 ACRES. PROPERTY ORIGINALLY INCLUDED ST. GABRIEL AND HONEYCOMB CLAIMS, BUT THESE MAY HAVE BEEN RENAMED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ORE MILLED DURING LATER PERIOD OF MINING YIELDED $4 - $7/TON OPERATED AT INTERVALS UP TO 1914; 1919-22; 1935-47. OPERATED AT INTERVALS UP TO 1914; 1919-22; 1935-47.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ZONE OF STRINGERS 2 - 4 FT THICK

Comment (Workings): INCLINE W/2 OR 3 LEVELS. SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS, SHALLOW SHAFTS & PITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 169 - 170 , 305

Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 116 - 117


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