The Telegraph Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.61944, -120.86639
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Telegraph Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Telegraph Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1500 FT. ADIT, 2 SHAFTS, 1 65 FT. DEEP NOT ON VEIN, 1 35 FT. DEEP ON VEIN, 50 FT. DRIFT & 30 FT. STOPE ON VEIN.
Comment (Geology): QTZ. VEIN CAPPED BY LAVA
Comment (Deposit): TWO MILLS WERE CARRIED AWAY BY SNOWSLIDE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM. ACC. LITERATURE GIVES 04 , USGS DOWNIEVILLE QUAD. SHOWS 09 , NW 1/4 ADIT ENTRANCE.
Comment (Production): WORKED UNTIL 1910 (?) AS PLACER. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
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. 66 .
Reference (Deposit): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 126 .
Reference (Production): MACBOYLE, 1920
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