The Ilex Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.32639, -120.62000
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Ilex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ilex Mine
Secondary: Anglo-Saxon
Secondary: Tiger
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
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
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Diorite Dikes Associated With Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): AT LEAST 7 PARALLEL VEINS WITH STRIKE FROM N 70 - 85 E AND STEEPLY DIPPING MAIN VEIN-ILEX IN CENTER OF VEIN SYSTEM, COUNTRY ROCK COARSE SCHIST AND IMPURE QUARTZITE WITH GRANODIORITE GNEISS TO NORTH. DIORITE DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH VEINS
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES, ILEX VEIN CONTAINED ORE SHOOT 240 FT LONG
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1850'S AND 1860'S - TO 1890'S, 1935 - 1943 , 1945 - 1948
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 270 FT SHAFT, INCLINED AND VERTICLE, AND A 100 FT DRIFT ADIT ON ILEX VEIN WITH SEVERAL SHORTER DRIFTS ON OTHER VEINS. NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AT LEAST 7 PARALLEL VEINS, STEEPLY DIPPING, MAIN VEIN, ILEX, IN CENTER OF VEIN SYSTEM, COUNTRY ROCK IS COARSE SCHIST AND IMPURE QUARTZITE WITH GRANODIORITE TO NORTH.
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. 59 - 60 , 159 AND PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 264 - 265 AND 309
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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