The Challenge is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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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
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Challenge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Challenge
Secondary: Pine Crest
Secondary: Pine Crest Ext.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Hunter Valley
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Mary Castagnetto
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: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE WAS MINED IN 1941. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION OF COPPER.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GEOLOGY AND OCCURENCE OF ORE SIMILAR TO BARRETT.
Comment (Deposit): UNPATENTED CLAIM (1927)
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 249 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 266 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.- MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 130 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957
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