The Cassinelli Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Cassinelli Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cassinelli Mine
Secondary: Rising Star Mine
Secondary: Placer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST WORKED 1871; IN 1896 GRAVEL EST. TO CONTAIN $4 A TON IN AU. INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE 1900-16. AGAIN PROSPECTED 1920-25 & 1932-39
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE PAY GRAVEL IS ABOUT 100' WIDE; THE GRAVEL IS 20' DEEP, OF WHICH ABOUT 3' IS PAY DIRT; IT IS VERY COMPACT AND OCCASIONALLY CEMENTED. THE GOLD IS OF MEDIUM SIZE, WITH AN OCCASIONAL NUGGET; A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BLACK SAND & PYRITE ACCOMPANIES THE GOLD. BEDROCK CONSISTS OF HARD & DECOMPOSED SLATE. THE CHANNEL IS CAPPED BY A BRECCIA OF ANDESITIC AND RHYOLITIC PEBBLES, WHICH IS OVERLAIN BY SURFACE GRAVELS. THE MINE MAKES ABOUT 25,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 334-35, 362 AND PL. 8
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 90-91, 205, AND PL. C
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