The Live Oak and Governor. is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,447 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,447 Feet (441 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.62583, -120.17000
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Live Oak and Governor. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Live Oak and Governor.
Secondary: Stud Horse Flat Group
Secondary: Live Oak Group
Secondary: White Oak Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: North American Gold Mines, Inc.
Home Office: C/O Ada Stewart
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S OR EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Production): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY 1910-1930'S; LITTLE ACTIVITY EXCEPT ASSESSMENT WORK SINCE 1938. IN 1932 IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THERE WAS 14,000 TONS OF ORE BETWEEN THE 68-FT. AND 225 FT. LEVELS ON THE MAIN SHAFT BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANY OF THIS HAVING BEEN REMOVED; VALUE WAS ESTIMATED TO RUN $10.50 PER TON BUT RECORDED PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1931-34 RAN CONSIDERABLY LESS. QUARTZ CARRIES $7 - $10 FREE GOLD/TON & SULFIDES AVERASING $400 - $900/TON.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, TWO ADITS, DRIFTS, WINZE; MAIN (NORTHERLY) SHAFT IN GOOD CONDITION BUT THE OTHER CAVED BELOW 68 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LAIZURE ( 1928 ) DESCRIBES FOOTWALL AS SLATE AND PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL AS DIORITE. BOWEN & GRAY DESCRIBE WALL ROCKS AS PYROXENE ANDESITE OF THE PENON BLANCO MEMBER OF THE UPPER JURASSIC AMADOR GROUP - THE GREENSTONES CONTACT THE MARIPOSA SLATE 1/2 MI. E OF THE MINE.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 ?
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 117 - 118 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 94 - 5 .
Reference (Production): LAIZURE 1928
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BOWEN & GRAY 1957 , P. 118 .
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