The Lead & Tam O'Shanter is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California.
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Mine Info
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Lead & Tam O'Shanter MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead & Tam O'Shanter
Secondary: Toledo Cons.
Secondary: Buena Vista
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Mother Lode Belt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: 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
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN FORMER YEARS, THE LEAD CLAIM PRODUCED RICH GOLD QUARTZ AND CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF GALENA
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 150 FT. AND SHORT CROSSCUT ADIT DIRECTED TOWARD DIPPING ORE VEIN WHICH WAS NOT CUT BY SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD AND GALENA ASSOCIATED WITH MASSIVE ANKERITE AND MARIPOSITE EXTRACTED FROM QUARTZ VEINS FOUND IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST HOST.
Comment (Deposit): TAM O'SHANTER, BUENA VISTA AND TOLEDO CLAIMS NOT DESCRIBED BY STATE REPORTS HAVE ALL BEEN ASSUMED TO BE GEOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO THE ADJACENT LEAD CLAIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 154
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 484
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