The Sisley Sicily Mine is a gold mine located in Placer county, California.
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Mine Info
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Sisley Sicily Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sisley Sicily Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Placer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1936 - 1939
Mined: 58.060 mt
Material type: Conc.
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Produced 59 Tons Of Concentrates Containing Recoverable Pb And Cu In Addition To Au-Ag, Au-Ag Ratio 4 To 1 .
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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
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): 500 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 2998 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 590 FT. OF CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LODE MINE IN GRANODIORITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 593
Reference (Deposit): GUIDEBOOK, GEOL. SOC. OF SACRAMENTO, 6/9-10, 1962, MAP FACING P. 34; ADD. REF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 3, 4, P. 593
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 283
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