The Wilbur Womble is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Wilbur Womble MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilbur Womble
Secondary: Homestead & Boston
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): 17 FT. THICK VEIN, & STRINGERS, ORE ZONE 50 - 100 FT. THICK ALTERED BASIC DIKES ACCOMPANY QTZ ON BOTH WALLS, APPROX 150 FT. OF ORE ZONE IS A NARROW BELT OF SERPENTINE TRENDING N. 40 W. IN FAULT CONTACT W. SERP. ON EAST ARE META-VOLCANIC RX OF L. JUR. TUCKER, 1916 , SAYS FOOTWALL IS BLACK SLATE W. SOFT GOUGE & HANGING WALL IS A HARD DIABASE. MASSIVE OUTCROP OF BARREN QUARTZ
Comment (Commodity): AURIF ZONE 50 - 150 FT. THICK, SAMPLING $2.50 - $.350/TON - LOGAN, 1936 . VALUES ARE IN QZ STRINGERS CUTTING SCHIST-TUCKER, 1916
Comment (Location): UTM EST NW 1/4 LOGAN, 1936 , GIVES LOC 12 E , SECS. 28 , 32
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. AT TURN OF CENTURY, PRODUCED $1.50 - 2/TON FREE GOLD $1.50 - 2/TON FROM CONCENTRATE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): INCLINED 185 FT. SHAFT. GLORY HOLE 200 FT. LONG, 50 FT. THICK, 100 FT. WIDE/DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 74 , 188
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 261 , 323
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14 TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 113
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
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