The Marble Springs is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.7225, -120.02333
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Marble Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marble Springs
Secondary: Compromise and Enbanks
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Kinsley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George B. Glenn
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1850
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC., SE 1/4 SEC. 30 , NE 1/4 SEC. 31 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): SUBSTANTIAL HIGH GRADE ORE REMOVED 1866 - 1869 . DURING LAST PERIOD OF PRODUCTION ORE AVERAGED $10.70 AU/TON WITH CONSIDERABLE LEAD AND A LITTLE COPPER & SILVER. MUCH ORE MINED EARLIER RAN MORE THAN $25 AT THE OLD PRICE OF GOLD. INCOMPLETE RECORDS INDICATE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST $200,000 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN. THE COMPROMISE AND EUBANKS VEIN ARE SEGMENTS OF THE SAME VEIN. FROM 2 - 5 FT. THICK, IN PLACES CARRYING THIN SEAMS OF WALL ROCK.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKING IS A 470 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS. 130 FT. DRIFT ADIT. VEIN STOPED DISCONTINUOUSLY NEARLY 3000 FT. BETWEEN SURFACE & 300 FT. LEVEL MAIN ORE SHOOT WAS 400 FEET LONG NEAR THE SURFACE, SEVERAL OTHER SHOOTS, ONE OVER 100 FEET LONG.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS ARE CHIEFLY MASSIVE, BLUE BLACK HORNFELSIC QUARTZ-BIOTITE ROCK WITH SOME INTERLAYERED GREENSTONE AND OCCASIONAL SLATY AND QUARTZITIC STRATA. META SEDIMENTS ARE PART OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. VEIN SYSTEM IS INTERSECTED AND ACCOMPANIED BY A FINE-GRAINED GREENISH GRANITIC DIKE APPROXIMATING QUARTZ-DIORITE. CASTELLO ( 1921 ) DESCRIBES A SLATE FOOTWALL & DIORITE HANGING WALL.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 41.3 ACRES
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. 126 - 128 , 281 .
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. 123 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 550 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 97 .
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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