The General Sherman is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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General Sherman MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: General Sherman
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1200 FT. ADIT.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4 03 NE 1/4 04
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Geology): IRREGULAR VEIN W SEVERAL BRANCHING STRANDS. MINOR FAULTS NEARLY PARALLEL TO VEIN, CARRY SOME QTZ. POST QUARTZ MOVEMENT IN PLANE OF VEIN. GROOVING STRIKES N 57 E. QTZ. COMMONLY "WATERY" TO WHITE OR RUSTY W ABUNDANT VUGS. LATTER QTZ. MINUTE VEINLETS PERPENDICULAR TO VEIN. AVERAGE DIP 35-65 W. OUTCROP OF 3 VEINS W 70 FT. BETWEEN UPPERMOST & LOWEST. 300 FT. E OF PORTAL, IRREGULAR STRINGERS OF GRANITE. COUNTRY ROCK COARSE TO FINE-GRAINED GABBRO, LESS SCHISTOSE THAN USUAL. 400 FT. TO E, A NARROW BELT OF QUARTZITIC SLATE BETWEEN GABBRO & SERPENTINE BELT. VEIN IS ENTIRELY IN GABBRO.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., OESTERLING, W. A., SPURCK, W. H., & TISCHLER, M. S., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF.: SO PACIFIC COMPANY, VOL. 2 , P. 36 .
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 55 .
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ. VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.: USGS PROF PAPER 172 , P. 101 , 102 .
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