St. George Mine

The St. George Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 4,849 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: St. George Mine
Secondary: Merry Christmas
Secondary: Snows Canyon

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: California
County: Inyo
District: Modoc

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

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE CARRIED ABOUT 1.5% PB AND SOME COPPER

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): EST. 700 TONS OF TAILINGS BELOW MILL, STATED TO HAVE AVG. VALUE OF $8/TON IN GOLD.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. MIDDLE OF SECTION. NUMEROUS LOCATIONS

Comment (Production): ORE MINED FROM ST. GEORGE VEIN CARRIED $15-$20/TON AU. PB WAS RECOVERED FROM AU ORE PRODUCED IN 1933.

Comment (Deposit): 2 VEIN SYSTEMS, EACH VEIN 2-4 FT. THICK. ORE CONSISTED OF FREE GOLD ASSOC. WITH SULFIDES. ONE VEIN, 4 IN. - 1 FT. THICK, REPORTEDLY CARRIED HIGH VALUES IN GOLD. ORE CARRIES CONSIDERABLE SILVER TOWARDS EAST, WHERE GRANITE COMES IN CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE. ON SURFACE, GOLD OCCURED MOSTLY FREE; DOWN TOWARDS WATER TABLE, IT OCCURED IN SULFIDES. ORE WAS SAID TO BE HIGH-GRADE IN MANY PLACES.

Comment (Workings): THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN ON THE ST. GEORGE AND ST. PATRICK CLAIMS, ALSO ON THE CALIFORNIA GROUP OF CLAIMS. AT AN ELEVATION OF 5500 FT. ON THE ST. GEORGE CLAIMS, A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN N 20 DEG E., 282 FT. TO THE VEIN, THEN A DRIFT RUN ON THE VEIN N. 50 DEG W. 500 FT. ABOUT 45 FT. SOUTH OF THESE WORKINGS, A TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG A FAULT FISSURE IN THE GRANITE, N. 70 DEG E. 650 FT. AND THEN A DRIFT N.40 DEG W. 200 FT. THE VEIN DEVELOPED IN THIS DRIFT HAS A WIDTH OF 3 FT. THE ST. GEORGE SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT. WHERE IT CONNECTS WITH A RAISE FROM THE NORTH TUNNEL LEVEL, AT A POINT 447 FT. NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSCUT TUNNEL. ABOUT 500 FT NORTHWEST OF THE ST. GEORGE SHAFT, A TUNNEL 200 FT. IN LENGTH ON THE SAME VEIN. ON CALIFORNIA CLAIM, TUNNEL DRIVEN ON VEIN N50W FOR 180 FT.; AT 100 FT. FROM PORTAL, WINZE SOFT DEEP. SKETCH MAPS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

Comment (Deposit): 12 CLAIMS. INCLUDED ST. PAUL, LAST CHANCE AND OTHERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 50-51

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 418-420

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 471

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 508

Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957) TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

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