The Silver Lane Golden Rod, Wallman Ranch is a gold and silver mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Silver Lane Golden Rod, Wallman Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Lane Golden Rod, Wallman Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Lane Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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 (Production): EARLY HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED. PRINCIPAL PERIOD OF OPERATION 1933-1938. ORE RESERVES DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME WERE BELIEVED TO CONTAIN $60,000 BUT ONLY A SMALL PART WAS EVER PROCESSED. SEVERAL TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER IN 1938 YIELDED $38.50 IN SILVER AND $5.50 IN GOLD. ALL EQUIPMENT REMOVED AND THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN SEPTEMBER 1954.
Comment (Workings): A 240-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 2 LEVELS AND APPROX. 280-FT. OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN REPORTED TO CONTAIN ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE, PYRARGYRITE, CERARGYRITE, NATIVE SILVER, PYRITE, GALENA, AND A LITTLE GOLD. ORE REMAINING ON THE DUMP IN 1954 CONTAINED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRARGYRITE, GALENA AND ARGENTITE. NOTE: THERE IS A PROSPECT SHOWN IN THE NW COR. OF SEC. 16, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LOCATION OF A PORTION OF THIS MINE - U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. MARIPOSA, CALIF., 1948.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 194-195, 329
Reference (Deposit): MR-34
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