The I X L is a gold mine located in Alpine county, California.
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Mine Info
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I X L MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: I X L
Secondary: Ophir Lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: California
County: Alpine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ALTHOUGH REPORTED ASSAYS WERE HIGH, COMPLEX ORES WERE DIFFICULT TO TREAT. IN 1863 ORE THAT WAS SAID TO ASSAY $250/TON, YIELDED $125/TON BY MILLING.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. IN IXL OR SCANDINAVIAN CANYON
Comment (Production): SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1861 , AN ORE BODY YIELDED $50000 - 60000 WORTH OF GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 2000 FT ADIT W 400 FT WINZE. 2ND UPPER 500 FT ADIT. 400 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): VEIN OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA A FEW FT THICK W ORE BODIES
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, W., JR., 1888 , ALPINE CO: CALIF STATE MINING BUR, 8TH ANNUAL REPT STATE MINERALOGIST, P 38 , 39 .
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES ON ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO 8 P 29 , 30 , 45 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1923 , ALPINE CO: CALIF STATE MINING BUR, 18TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, AUG, P. 361 - 362 .
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1977 ; LOGAN, 1923
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