The Annabelle is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Annabelle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Annabelle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. And Mrs. Sherman S. Pickard, Bryan A. Miller
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
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
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FREE-MILLING AU OFTEN IN POCKETS
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 UTM EST.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS & STRINGERS
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFT INCLINED 40 E WITH A 16 FT. DRIFT. 2ND TUNNEL 30 FT. NE OF SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. NEXT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS IS A NARROW ZONE OF FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND TALC SCHIST COMMONLY CUT BY QUARTZ STRINGERS. THE FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND IN SOME PLACES THE ADJACENT GREENSTONE WALLROCK IS MINERALIZED AND CARRIES PYRITE AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE.
Comment (Production): SOME GOOD SPECIMEN MATERIAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN OBTAINED FROM THIS MINE AND THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT FAIRLY STEADY PRODUCTION SINCE 1952. WORK IS DONE ENTIRELY BY HAND AND THERE IS NO MILL ON THE PROPERTY. SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1954.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NEXT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS IS A NARROW ZONE OF FRACTURED META-ANDESITE AND TALC SCHIST COMMONLY CUT BY QUARTZ STRINGERS. THE FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND IN SOME PLACES THE ADJACENT GREENSTONE WALLROCK IS MINERALIZED AND CARRIES PYRITE AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE. SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE TO E; QTZ.-DIORITE DIKE INTRUDES ALONG SERPENTINE GREENSTONE CONTACT.
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. 74 - 75 , 234 .
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUR. MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1954, MIN. IND. CALIF., (PREPRINT), P. 64.
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