Casa Diablo

The Casa Diablo is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 7,402 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

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Site Name

Primary: Casa Diablo

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Mono
District: Casa Diablo

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron

Comments

Comment (Production): MAY BROOK MOST PRODUCTIVE VEIN. TOTAL PRODUCTION THRU 1910 EST. AT $50,000. WORK CONTINUED THRU 1922 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL VEINS, THE MAY BROOKS, DON OF HOPE AND DRY BONE.

Comment (Workings): NUMBER OF TUNNELS AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS. MAIN TUNNEL DRIVEN AS CROSSCUT S 30 E 1000 FT. INTERSECTING THE VEINS. MAY BROOKS VEIN CUT 300 FT. FROM PORTAL, DRIFTS RUN 300 FT. SW AND 75 FT. NE. IN SW DRIFT, 250 FT. OF ITS LENGTH STOPED TO SURFACE. DON OF HOPE VEIN ENCOUNTERED 390 FT. FROM PORTAL; DRIFTED 300 FT. NE, STOPED FOR 100 FT. WINZE DRIVEN 250 FT. DEEP ON DON OF HOPE VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): ORE REPORTED TO AVG. $12/TON 70 % OF VALUES REPORTED TO BE FREE MILLING. REMAINER OF ORE IN SULFIDES ( 3 % OF ORE ).

References

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 556 .

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 121 .

Reference (Deposit): EAKLE, A. S., AND MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., 1917 , MONO COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 173 .

Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C. D., AND CROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MT. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA., P. 8 .

Reference (Production): GOODWIN ( 1957 )

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