The Exchequer is a silver mine located in Alpine county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Exchequer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Exchequer
Secondary: Acacia
Secondary: Buckeye
Secondary: Saugatuck Etal
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: California
County: Alpine
District: Silver Mountain
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA
Comment (Location): UTM EST. AT HEAD OF SCANDANAVIAN CANYON.
Comment (Commodity): VARYING AMOUNTS OF GOLD & SILVER SULFIDES. COMPLEX SULFIDE OR REBELLIOUS ORES HARD TO CONCENTRATE.
Comment (Production): SOME PROSPECTING 1967 - 1970 .
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DRIFT ADITS, ONE 810 FT LONG ON BUCKEYE VEIN, & A 200 FT SHAFT. EFFORT LONG AGO TO CONSTRUCT AN 8500 FT X CUT TO IXL MINE, SAID TO BE HALF COMPLETED IN 1888 .
Comment (Geology): 3 PARALLEL LEDGES OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA IN ALTERED VOLC. ROCKS, AVE 5 FT THICK, DIP NEARLY VERT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT. NO. 8 , P. 29 , 45 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1923 , ALPINE CO.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR., 18TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, AUG., P. 360 , 361 .
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, W. JR., 1888 , ALPINE CO.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR., 8TH ANNUAL REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 39 .
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1977 , LOGAN, 1923
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