The Sovereign is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Mine Info
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Sovereign MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sovereign
Secondary: Mascot
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 3 PERCENT PYRITE & GALENA ON NEVADA VEIN. FREE GOLD AVE $1.50/TON.
Comment (Workings): 700 FT. ADIT ON NEVADA VEIN, W 250 FT. OF DRIFTS, AND 60 FT. RAISE. 115 FT. SHAFT ON ELANORE VEIN. 175 FT. ADIT ON YUBA VEIN.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4.
Comment (Production): TAILINGS AVE $5/TON. OLD MINE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL VEINS. NEVADA VEIN CUTS ACROSS STRIKE OF SLATES, AVE 3 FT. THICK, 11 FT. MAX. STRIKES N, DIPS 60 W & OUTCROPS 4500 FT. ON SURFACE. YUBA VEIN STRIKES N20W, 12 FT. THICK, W LITTLE SULFIDES, BUT FREE GOLD. ELANOR VEIN, 3 FT. THICK, STRIKES N10E, DIPS 60W.
Comment (Deposit): GROUP OF 10 MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 51.
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): MACBOYLE, E., 1920 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SIERRA CO.: CSMB 16TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, DEC. 1918 , P. 125.
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