The Palisade Mine Grigsby is a silver and gold mine located in Napa county, California at an elevation of 600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.61889, -122.47083
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Palisade Mine Grigsby MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palisade Mine Grigsby
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Napa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Banner Development Co., V. C. Harrison
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
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): OPERATED IN 1929 AND 1930, ALSO FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN 1931. OPERATED AGAIN BETWEEN 1935 AND 1941; CLOSED IN AUGUST 1941. PRODUCTION RECORDED FOR 1888-90, 1925-41 (INTERMITTENT) OVER 1,300,000 OZ. SILVER, 10,000 OZ. GOLD, 60,000 LB. COPPER, MINOR LEAD.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, LEVELS, WINZES
Comment (Deposit): SOME ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY "BETTER THAN $10 PER TON" IN GOLD AND SILVER. CRYSTALS OF GYPSUM HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS MINE. ORE ALSO CONTAINS A TRACE OF CINNABAR. IC8252 P. 185. GENERALLY FLAT LYING ANDESITIC FLOWS AND PYROCLASTICS THAT HAVE BEEN FAULTED, FRACTURED AND ALTERED. ALSO CALLED GRIGSBY. ORE MINERALS: CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, ARGENTITE, POLYBASITE, GALENA, CINNABAR. REF.: GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE CALISTOGA DISTRICT, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: M.A. THESIS U.C. BERKELY. (WILLIAM H. CRUTCHFIELD)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. V. 44, NO. 2, APRIL 1948, PP. 183-4
Reference (Deposit): REPT. 25, 1929, PP. 237-8
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 173, 1956, P. 179; ADD. REF.: J. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT 1957, P. 572-3
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