The Experimental is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.06306, -120.38861
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Experimental MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Experimental
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES ASSAYED $100 PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD WAS COARSE, CONTAINING SULFIDES
Comment (Deposit): MINE INITIALLY DEVELOPED 1854 AND WORKED INTERMITTANTLY
Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE REMOVED SINCE 1928 , PRINCIPALLY BETWEEN 1936 AND 1940 ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 600 FT. WITH CROSSCUT ADIT OVER 3000 FT. AND DRIFT 525 FT.; WINZES AT BASE OF SHAFT 300 FT. APART.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TRUE FISSURE VEIN WITH AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 5 FT. HANGING WALL IS A HARD DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE WITH CAVERNS CONTAINING WATER AND MUD; THE FOOTWALL IS LIMESTONE CUT BY A SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES STRIKING ACROSS THE VEIN. ORE SHOOTS FORMED AT INTERSECTION OF DIKES AND THE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CDM REPT. 45 , P. 65
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 148
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