The Pilgrim is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pilgrim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pilgrim
Secondary: English-American Gold Mng Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.25 Oz/Ton Au, .03 Oz/Ton Ag.
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): 18 IN.-18 FT. THICK-WIDENING GOING N. BRANCHES & MAIN VEIN GOES NW & DECREASES UNTIL 4 FT. THICK COMPOSED OF QTZ LENSES, STRINGERS & SLATE FILLING. IN 20 FT. LOWER ADIT VEIN ONLY A SEAM & QTZ MOSTLY IN KIDNEYS. CARBON OCCURS AT TIMES IN SMALL CAVITIES IN WHITE QTZ.
Comment (Production): 1946 PROD. YIELDED 145 OZ. AU, 22 OZ. AG.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS. UPPER, 390 FT., 2ND 500 FT. INCL. 88 FT. OF DRIFTS.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. W 1/2 SE 1/4.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCH, W. C., OESTERLING, W. A., SPURCK, W. H., & TISCHLER, M. S., 1964 , MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, N CALIF.: SO PACIFIC COMPANY, VOL. 2 , P. 48.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 168 , 169.
Reference (Production): MCCULLOCH ETAL, 1964.
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