The Carlisle Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.54528, -121.27000
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Carlisle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carlisle Mine
Secondary: Carlysle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Denman, William
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
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
Form: RIBBON
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SOUTH FORK OF FEATHER RIVER HAS CUT DEEP CANYON ACROSS SOUTH HALF OF CLAIM, MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR PROSPECTING CARLISLE VEIN BY ADITS. WINZE 200 FT. DEEP WITH 3 DRIFTS, 100-110 FT. LONG, TREND NE.; AND ONE 315 FT. LONG, TREND SW ON VEIN. VEIN PROSPECTED FOR 425 FT. ON 200-FT. LEVEL. ADIT FROM WHICH WINZE SUNK IS ON NORTH BANK NEAR RIVER LEVEL, AND DRIFT SW WAS CARRIED UNDER WATER. 300 FT. ADIT ON BIG BETSY VEIN. INDIAN GULCH VEIN ONLY SLIGHTLY DEVELOPED.
Comment (Geology): CONTACT BETWEEN COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES NE.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
Comment (Production): SOME ORE WAS MILLED FROM CARLISLE VEIN. NO RECORD EXISTS FOR BIG BETSY VEIN. INDIAN GULCH VEIN SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED 90 TONS, WHICH PLATED $10/TON. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): CARLISLE VEIN 6-8 FT. THICK; BIG BETSY 12 FT. THICK; INDIAN GULCH 4 FT. THICK
Comment (Deposit): 600 ACRES PATENTED AND 40 ACRES UNPATENTED. INCLUDES CARLISLE, BIG BETSY AND INDIAN GULCH VEINS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 371-372
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., 1915, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 214
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 50
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