The Our Chance is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.55, -120.00194
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Our Chance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Our Chance
Secondary: Clark Mines
Secondary: Albert Austin Gp
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Whitlock
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arthur Clark
Years: 1932 - 1946
Production
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1932 - 1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.53 Oz Au/Ton, .087 Oz Ag/Ton Avg. $18.60/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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST NW1/4 NW1/4
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG 14 IN, VARYING FROM 4 INCHES - 4 FT
Comment (Workings): ADIT W/2500 FT DRIFTS, STOPES, WINZES
Comment (Geology): 4 - 6 FT GRANITIC DIKE ABOVE VEIN
Comment (Deposit): MINE NOTED FOR SPECIMENS OF CRYSTALLIZED & ARBORESCENT GOLD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): MORE THAN 2000 OZ RECOVERED FROM POCKETS NEAR EXPOSED SURFACE OF VEIN. ONE POCKET YIELDED $17,000
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
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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