The Chileno is a gold and silver mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,601 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
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.99722, -120.47667
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Chileno MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chileno
Secondary: Chilena
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Mother Lode Belt
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: M
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: Metasomatic Alteration Of Schist
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT WITH 150 AND 450 FT. LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST PREDOMINATELY FINE-GRAINED AND GREENISH. SOME COARSE-GRAINED FACIES ALSO OCCUR, ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS HORNBLENDE PORPHYROBLASTS. ORE ZONE ARCUATE IN PLAN VIEW RANGES IN STRIKE FROM N 25 W TO N 50 W. ORE SHOOT 160 FT. DEVELOPED IN ORE ZONE.
Comment (Commodity): DISTRIBUTION OF GOLD SOMEWHAT ERRATIC, PORTIONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE ALTERNATING WITH POORER MATERIAL; TELLURIDE MINERALS REPORTED FROM SOME OF THE HIGH-GRADE POCKETS; SULFIDES ESSENTIALLY ALL PYRITE FORM 15 PERCENT OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1929 , THE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CAL.: USGS PROF. PAPER 157 , P. 78
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