The Bruner Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,480 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: 1,480 Feet (451 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.04611, -120.52694
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Bruner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bruner Mine
Secondary: St Lawrence Mine
Secondary: Bald Hill Mine
Secondary: Claims: Apex
Secondary: Dewett
Secondary: Evening Star
Secondary: Gold Hill
Secondary: New Discovery
Secondary: Romaggi & Costa
Secondary: Spring Gulch Const.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 400 FT INCLINE SHAFT OF 64 DEG, TWO SHAFTS 60 AND 100 FT DEEP AND WITH 300 FT OF DRIFTS. 400 FT SHAFT HAS LEVELS AT 100 AND 400 FT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1897 BALDHILL WORKED
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS, MIXTURE OF QUARTZ STRINGERS, COUNTRY ROCK CHLORITIC AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 8 CLAIMS, PROPERTY WORKED FOR PLACE GOLD & POCKET GOLD IN EARLY DAYS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): FREE MILLING, ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1888 , LATTER 1880'S, 1913 - 1914 , 1938 , 1940 , 1897 - BALD HILL WORKED, PROSPECTED 1938 TO 1940 . NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
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 34 - 35 , 43 , 141 AND PL B
Reference (Deposit): KERR, M.B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF.; CALIF. MIN. BUR.
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. 299 , 306 , 317 , 319
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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