The Elizabeth is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Elizabeth MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elizabeth
Secondary: Stepping Stones
Secondary: Nighthawk
Secondary: Fools Choice
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank A. Casaccia
Production
Year: 1938
Material type: AU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.85 Oz/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 , SEC. LINES PROJECTED. UTM EST.
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1905-10, PRODUCING 132.37 TONS OF ORE YIELDING $518.36 IN GOLD OR AN AVE. OF $19.00 PER TON AT OLD PRICE OF GOLD. PRODUCED 8 TONS IN 1938 THAT YIELDED 7 OZ. OF GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): IN 1920, 100-FT. SHAFT, ABOUT 100 FT. OF DRIFTS AND A STOPE 100 FT. HIGH BY 5 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN AVE. 6 FT. THICK, CLOSE TO CONTACT BT. META-ANDESITE GREENSTONE ON THE WEST AND MARIPOSA SLATE ON THE EAST.
Comment (Deposit): FORMER LAS MARIPOSAS LAND GRANT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 256 - 257 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , RECORD SHEET FACING P. 188 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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