Eastern Cross Group

The Eastern Cross Group is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 4,350 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Eastern Cross Group

State:  California

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.46472, -120.82806

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Eastern Cross Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Eastern Cross Group
Secondary: Eastern Star


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Sierra


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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonate


Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK MORE THAN USUALLY SCHISTOSE & CARRIES ABUNDANT QTZ STRINGERS PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. GABBRO CROPS OUT IN E PT. OF CLAIM & IS THE W PROLONGATION OF GABBRO-SERPENTINE COMPLEX OF SE PART OF DISTRICT. SMALL OUTCROPS OF SERPENTINE. 4 VEINS ON PROPERTY. EASTERN CROSS & JEWEL DIP TO NE, EASTERN STAR & WESTERN CROSS TO THE NW. POSSIBLE REVERSE DISPLACEMENT ON EASTERN CROSS FISSURE NOT MORE THAN 50 FT. ADIT ACCESSIBLE IRREGULAR VEIN HAS 30-70 DEG. DIP, FOLLOWS WELL-DEFINED SLIP, W GABBRO HANGING WALL, SCHIST FOOTWALL. SOMETIMES NO QTZ. ELSE WHERE 6 IN - 2 FT THICK. WHERE COUNTRY ROCK IS GABBRO, THERES EXTENSIVE CARBONATE ALTERATION OF WALL ROCK. 2 REVERSE FAULTS, & DIP OF VEIN MAYBE DUE TO FAULT DRAG. MINOR THRUSTS ALONG VEIN PLANE. ON EASTERN STAR, SERPENTINE FOOTWALL ALTERED FOR A FEW FEET TO CARBONATE-MARIPOSITE, NEAR SILICIFIED SCHIST: VEIN IS CRUSHED ZONE IN SCHIST 3 FT THICK, STRIKES N 12 W DIPS 60 W. JEWEL VEIN ON W PART OF PROPERTY, STRIKES N 55 W, DIPS 75 NE.

Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE NEAR WHERE VEIN CUTS & DISPLACES SERPENTINE DIKE RICH ANGULAR GRAVEL FROM JEWEL VEIN, PROBABLY, A SINGLE FRAGMENT CARRYING $1100 IN GOLD.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4 34, NW 1/4 02

Comment (Production): UPPER WORKINGS YIELDED $2500, PRIOR TO 1932. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT ACCESSIBLE, OTHERS CAVED. ADIT IS 450 FT LONG.


References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 54 .

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172, P 120 , 121 .


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