The Nutmeg is a gold and silver mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.55806, -120.02472
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Nutmeg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nutmeg
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lebarry, Sam
Home Office: C/O Permit Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 106-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH MORE THAN 160-FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 50-FT. LEVEL AND 300-FT. ON THE 100-FT. LEVEL..
Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. WALL ROCKS ARE MASSIVE AND SHEARED PYROXENE ANDESITE GREENSTONE. FOUR ORE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH AVERAGE 25 FT. LONG.
Comment (Production): LITTLE RECORDED OF EARLY HISTORY. MODERATE PRODUCTION RECORDED 1938-1951, TOTAL OF 5239 TONS OF ORE HAVING YIELDED 1204 OZ. GOLD, A LITTLE LEAD AND COPPER AND 331 OZ. SILVER. AVERAGE YIELD PER TON HAS BEEN BETWEEN $8 AND $8.50 ALTHOUGH SOME POCKETS OF ORE RUN AS HIGH AS 3 OZ. PER TON. STILL WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY PERMIT MINING CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 145, 292
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 551
Reference (Deposit): RD FILE SAYS THAT SOME PB, CU AND AG HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN ADDITION TO AU.
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