The Louisiana is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,699 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
Elevation: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.73, -120.05556
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Louisiana MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Louisiana
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Coulterville
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Sarah W. Treat
Home Office: C/O Mrs. Rob'T. Sherman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1862
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granite Badly Altered
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $6 - $15 AU/TON, 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 PERCENT SULFIDES. SULFIDE CONCENTRATE ASSAYED $100 - $500/TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED PROPERTY OF 30 ACRES. VEIN MATTER IN THE ORE SHOOTS CONSIST OF NATIVE GOLD, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND PYRITE, PYRITE BEING MOST ABUNDANT. COMPLETE PRODUCTION FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED. (WORKINGS MAY BE THOSE SHOWN ON U.S.GEOL.SURVEY QUAD. BUCKHORN PEAK, CAL.,1949)
Comment (Production): SOME PRODUCTION IN 1953 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 2 - 15 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): FIVE SHAFTS OF VARIOUS DEPTHS; 2 TUNNELS ON THE NW PART OF THE CLAIM; UNDETERMINED NO. OF OTHER ADITS ON SE PART OF CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S
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. 120 - 122 .
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. 122 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 96 .
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E., MCLENEGAN, J. D., MATSON, E. J., 1957 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1954 , VOLUME THREE, AREA REPORTS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, P. 220.
Reference (Deposit): 5) 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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