The Garibaldi is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,799 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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.6975, -119.99278
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Garibaldi MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garibaldi
Secondary: Blue Lead
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert O. Greeves
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): S 1/2 4 , N 1/2 9 , UTM ACC.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): 325-FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 40-FT. CROSSCUT, DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM. DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY WATER AS THE MINE YIELDS UP TO 600,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY.
Comment (Production): LITTLE RECORDED OF EARLY HISTORY. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY 1897 TO LATE 1930'S. MINE IDLE SINCE THEN. MOST OF WORKINGS ARE CAVED. THE TAILINGS DUMP WAS WORKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD, THE LAST ACTIVITY RECORDED.
Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE OCCURS AS BOULDER-LIKE TO NODULAR MASSES IN A BLACK 8 - 10 FT. THICK GOUGE FOUND BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND THE ALTERED DIKE ROCK.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO PARALLEL VEINS 1 - 15 FT. APART SEPERATED BY ALTERED DIKE ROCK. METASEDIMENTS ARE CHIEFLY SLATE. GRAPHITE SCHIST, BLACK MANGANIFEROUS CHERT. DOLOMITE OCCURS CHIEFLY ON THE HANGING WALL, IS BLUE-GRAY - TO - BLACK AND SOMEWHAT PLATY.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBRY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 11 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957
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. 100 - 101 , 262 .
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