The Virginia Virginia-Belmont, White Gulch, Captain Aiken is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.67333, -120.16000
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Virginia Virginia-Belmont, White Gulch, Captain Aiken MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Virginia Virginia-Belmont, White Gulch, Captain Aiken
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sam E. Wells
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1850
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1300-FT. INCLINED SHAFTW/LEVELS AT 100-FT. INTERVALS, CONNECTING ADIT HAULAGEWAY; MORE THAN 10,000 FT. OF DRIFTS; ADDITIONAL SHAFTS AND ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED PROSPECTS SHOWN IN NW1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 13, AS WELL AS SEVERAL NEAR COMMON QUARTER CORNER OF THESE SECTIONS - POSSIBLY THEY ARE PART OF THIS GROUP.
Comment (Production): OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1936; SOME EXPLORATORY WORK BEING DONE 1952-53. REPORTED TOTAL PRODUCTION $824,000 - APPROX. $100,000 BEFORE 1898; 1898-1931, MORE THAN $660,000; 1931-36, APPROX. $64,000. PATENTED PROPERTY OF 72 ACRES, INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA NO. 2, BELMONT, CLAREMONT, ANGUS AND PIEDMONT CLAIMS. IN ADDITION TO NATIVE GOLD, ORE MINERALS INCLUDE PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA. SOME BONANZA GOLD WAS MINED FROM THE UPPER 80 FT. OF THE VEIN - ONE POCKET OF SPECIMEN ORE CONTAINING LARGE FLAKES AND STRINGERS OF GOLD YIELDED $10,000.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN. - APRIL, 1957, PP. 176-179, 313
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 63, 1900, CLAIM SHEET 2, SEC. 4 (LOCATION)
Reference (Deposit): COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 LBS. - D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, P. 270
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