The Alice Mine is a gold mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Alice Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alice Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST SLOPE OF RIVERSIDE MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Production): 20,000 TONS AVERAGE 0.4 OZ AU AND 1-2% CU/TON.
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS IN GNEISSOID GRANITE AND SCHIST, 0.4 OZ AU AND 1-3% CU PER TON.
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS: LOWER DRIVEN 490 FT SE ON VEIN WITH A WINZE 225 FT DEEP, UPPER DRIVEN SE 250 FT ON VEIN, TUNNELS ARE CONNECTED BY A RAISE ON THE VEIN OF 125 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 127
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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