The Malone is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.52861, -119.91000
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Malone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Malone
Secondary: Bear Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1880 TO 1935. IDLE FOR MANY YEARS. ACCORDING TO REPORTS IN 1890, THE ORE AVERAGED ABOUT $14 PER TON AT A PRICE OF $7.50 TO $18.00 PER OZ. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 200-FT. INCLINED SHAFT REACHING A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 140-FT., 2 AIRSHAFTS 30 AND 75 FT. DEEP, AND A DRIFT ADIT AND CONNECTING CROSSCUT TUNNEL 600-FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FIVE ROUGHLY PARALLEL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS CUT A SMALL, ROUGHLY CIRCULAR INTRUSION OF GRANITIC ROCK 3/4 MI. INDIAMETER WHICH HAS INTRUDED SCHISTOSE & MASSIVE GREENSTONE. VEIN MATTER IS RIBBON QUARTZ CONTAIN THIN SHEETS OF ALTERED WALL ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS ON PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND. ERODED PARTS OF THE VEIN APPARENTLY YIELDED CONSIDERABLE PLACER GOLD PRIOR TO 1880 . PROSPECT SHOW NE 1/4 EL PORTAL ( 1947 ) 15 MIN. QUAD. MAY BE THIS MINE.
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. 122 - 123 , 280 .
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 - 123 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P.
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