The Minnie D. & Lucky Larry is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Minnie D. & Lucky Larry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie D. & Lucky Larry
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Carbonatization
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BEST PROSPECTS WHERE QTZ CARRIES DARK RIBBONS W CHIEFLY PYRITE, & ALSO WHERE VEIN CHANGES STRIKE TO N, & POCKETS W VEIN STRIKING NNW, DIPS 40 E.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4 ON W BANK OF N FORK OF KANAKA CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS. 2 ON MINNIE D TOTAL 500 FT. SHORT ADIT ON LUCKY LARRY
Comment (Geology): MINNIE D. VEIN PARALLELS MORNING GLORY VEIN W MANY SPLITS IN MUCH CRENULATED AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, MASSIVE, W ABUNDANT QTZ STRINGERS PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. GOUGY SLIP ON FOOTWALL LOWER, CROSSES VEIN AND HANGING WALL. W DIPPING NORTHWESTERLY FAULT MAY BE SAME AS SIXTEEN TO ONE. QTZ MASSIVE, MOSTLY FREE FROM WALL ROCK INCLUSIONS, BUT VUGGY W SIDERITE & ANKERITE XTLS. XTLS OF ALBITE FOUND WHERE LATER FAULT WALLS ARE ABSENT. CARBONATES ON FT WALL SIDE OF LARGE QTZ LENS. LUCKY LARRY IRREGULARLY OUTCROPS FROM MINNIE D RAVINE ALMOST TO OSCEOLA VEIN, & STRIKES N 10 W, DIPS 55 W, BUT CHANGES NEAR OSCEOLA VEIN TO STRIKE N 35 E, DIP 60 W, APPROACHING MAJOR FISSURE. L. LARRY OUTCROP TRACE CROSSES MINNIE D. MINNIE D VEIN STRIKES N 55 W, DIPS 50 N.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., ETAL , 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF: SO PACIFIC CO, VOL 2, P 46.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 60.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172 , P 113 , 114
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P 179
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