The Lookout Mountain Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 801 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: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.22306, -120.70722
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Lookout Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lookout Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentine And Pyroxenite Lie To East And Mariposa Slate To West.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE LOW GRADE, $1 - $3 PER TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ STRINGERS AND CHLORITIC AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, VEIN STRIKE N 10 - 20 W, SERPENTINE AND PYROXENITE LIE TO EAST AND MARIPOSA SLATE TO WEST, HANGING WALL PORPHYRY, FOOTWALL SLATE
Comment (Commodity): ORE LOW GRADE ($1 TO $3 PER TON AU) BUT RESERVES ARE LARGE. CONCENTRATES RANGE FROM $60 TO $90 PER TON
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC 1 NE 1/4 SEC 12
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1931 - 1938 , PROSPECTED 1946
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, QUARTZ STRINGERS AND CHLORITIC AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST. HANGING WALL PORPHYRY, FOOTWALL SLATE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 50 FT ADIT, 2000 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 100 FT WINZE WITH A LEVEL AT 80 FTOVER $175000 SAID TO HAVE BEEN SPENT ON THIS PROPERT Y, PRINCIPALLY UPON CHANGING MILL 3 TIMES, INSTEAD OF PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 62 , 169 AND PLB
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 269 - 270 AND 311
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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