The Finney Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.58472, -120.87833
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Finney Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Finney Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): OLD MINE. FROM 1930 - 1936 GRADE WAS SAID TO VARY $12 - $15/TON.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 150 FT. SHAFT W DRIFTS ABOUT 515 FT. ADIT 1100 FT. RAISE ABOUT 250 FT.
Comment (Geology): FEW INCHES TO 7 FT. THICK VEIN ON CONTACT BETWEEN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST FOOTWALL & SLATE, SCHIST AND DIKES ON HANGING WALL. COUNTRY ROCK CHARACTERISTIC OF ALLEGHANY-DOWNIEVILLE SERPENTINE BELT.
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. 26 , 55 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 177 .
Reference (Production): AVERILL, 1942
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