The Arkasas Traveler is a copper mine located in Nevada county, California.
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Mine Info
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Arkasas Traveler MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arkasas Traveler
Secondary: Mineral Hill Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Nevada
District: Spenceville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. C. Lewis
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE YIELDING 5 PERCENT OF COPPER AND $7 IN GOLD HAS BEEN SHIPPED. COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 POUNDS.
Comment (Workings): ADIT - 12 FT. LONG
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN ALTERED DIABASE NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 80 ACRES. PRODUCTION FROM SECONDARY SULPHIDE ZONE; ORE CONTAINS ZINC.
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIF. BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 197 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 574
Reference (Deposit): MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY; 16TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 81 - 82
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