The Norwegian is a gold and silver mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.005, -120.48111
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Norwegian MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Norwegian
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Mother Lode Belt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization And Ankeritization Of The Schist Is Intense For 50 Ft In The Hanging Wall Of The Vein.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION FROM POCKETS RICH IN NATIVE GOLD AND TELLURIDES.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 300 OR MORE FT. ON NORWEGIAN VEIN WHICH DIPS 55 E.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN CROPS OUT IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST NEAR, WESTERN CONTACT OF SCHIST WITH BLACK SLATES WITH SILICEOUS BEDS THAT SHOW A CHARACTERISTIC FLUTING. THE AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST IS FINE-GRAINED AND GRAY-GREEN. A DISCONTINUOUS BARREN OR "BULL" QUARTZ VEIN MARKS THE EAST BOUNDARY OF INTENSE MINERALIZATION AND THIS VEIN MARKS A SHARP ANGLE WITH THE PRODUCTIVE NORWEGIAN VEIN WHICH IS 4 TO 20 INCHES THICK. A VEIN 12 FT. IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE NORWEGIAN VEIN, COMPOSED OF QUARTZ AND ANKERITE WAS EXPOSED AT THE 300 FT LEVEL, CUTTING ACROSS THE WEST DIPPING STRATA. A RICH POCKET WAS DEVELOPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THIS VEIN AND THE BLACK SLATE. DUE TO THE REVERSE DIP DIRECTION OF THEVEINS COMPARED TO THE STRATA, SEVERAL DIFFERENT ROCK TYPES ARE ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1929 , THE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CAL.: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 157 , P. 77
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