The Finan is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Mine Info
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Finan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Finan
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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 (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 29 ?, E 1/2 30? TWO ADITS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SMALL TRIBUTARY TO BRUSH CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 2 SMALL ADITS.
Comment (Geology): VEIN ALONG SAME ZONE OF SLATE SERPENTINE CONTACT AS KATE HARDY AND BRUSH CREEK MINES. IN PLACES SERPENTINE CUTS SLATE SHARPLY, IN PLACES THERE IS A CRUSHED ZONE; SO IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE SLATE YIELDED UNEVENLY TO PRESSURES EXERTED DURING SERPENTINIZATION. QTZ. IN DISCONTINUOUS STRINGERS, SOMETIMES FOLLOWING SLATY CLEAVAGE, SOMETIMES CUTTING ACROSS IT AND INTRODUCED AFTER SLATE CRUSHING, SINCE STRINGERS ARE UNBROKEN.
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ. VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.: USGS PROF PAPER 172 , P. 89 , FIG. 23
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