The South Fork Group is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Mine Info
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South Fork Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Fork Group
Secondary: Amethyst
Secondary: Amethyst Ext Phoebe
Secondary: Mable
Secondary: Marguerite
Secondary: Verdi
Secondary: Lady Bug
Secondary: Honey Bee
Secondary: Bullion
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
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
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2
Comment (Workings): ADIT 5500 FT. WINZES, LEVELS AMETHYST MINE SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL VEINS. 1ST BETWEEN SERP BELTS, W N STRIKE, EX DIP MAYBE SAME AS IN AMETHYST WORKINGS, & ALSO IN LINE W KANAKA CREEK SYSTEM; CONSISTS OF QTZ LENSES, MAX THICKNESS 8 FT WHICH PINCH TO A SHEAR ZONE 300 FT S OF ADIT. HANGING WALL W WELL DEFINED SLIP, INDEFINITE FOOT WALL WZONE OF QTZ STRINGERS. GOLD W COARSE ARSENOPYRITE IN HANGING WALL NR SLIP. 400 FT E 2ND VEIN W N STRIKE & E DIP. 3RD VEIN SCARCELY MORE THAN SHEAR ZONE WHICH DIPS STEEPLY W, WAS CROSSED 5000 FT IN FROM ADIT PORTAL.ANOTHER W DIPPING VEIN SHOWN IN OLD MINE MAPS, NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE. OTHER SMALLER VEINS. FOR AMETHYST WORKINGS. THERE WERE SEVERAL SML HIGH-GRADE ORE SHOOTS. VEIN HERE STRIKES A FEW DEGREES E OF N, W STEEP E DIP. ORE SHOOTS AT JUNCTION OF MAIN VEIN W MINOR BRANCHES. 300 FT W OF AMETHYST SHAFT A SML VEIN, ESSENTIALLY A SHEAR ZONE W A LITTLE QTZ, HAS NORTHERLY STRIKE, DIPS 60 W
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 65
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172, P 94
Reference (Production): FERGUSON & GANNET, 1932
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