The Paines Shaft. is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Paines Shaft. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paines Shaft.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1910-14 PRODUCING 1324.75 TONS OF ORE YIELDING $7551.52 OR AN AVERAGE OF $5.71 AT THE OLD PRICE OF GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY A MINOR WORKING ON THE POWELL VEIN. (MAY BE THE PROSPECT SHOWN ABOUT 1800' N. OF THE MARIPOSA MINE, ON U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. MARIPOSA, CALIF., 1948)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 295
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