The Mount Gaines is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,526 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,526 Feet (465 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.54139, -120.17222
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Mount Gaines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Gaines
Secondary: Barfield
Secondary: Frenchman
Secondary: Bearfield
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Hornitos
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. W. Radil
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1853
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: SINNOUS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Shearing & Hydrothermal Alteration Along Vein Caused Development Of Schistose, Chloritic, Slate-Like Material Esp On Footwall Side Of Vein
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG 5 FT THICK
Comment (Geology): ORE DEPOSITION-PYRITE PRECEEDED GALENA, SPHALERITE & GOLD DEPOSITED AFTER PYRITE. PENON BLANCO MEMBER AMADOR GROUP.
Comment (Workings): MAIN INCLINE OF 1322 FT, 13 DRIFT LEVELS, 11,000 FT. DRIFTS, 1200 FT RAISES, TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): RADIL OWNED OVER 300 ACRES OF PATENTED MINING AND AGRICULTURAL LAND. FIRST MINING DONE IN VICINITY WAS PLACERING; LODE MINING BEGAN ABOUT 1868. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 134 - 139 288
Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W.O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 103 - 104
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 12
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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