The Napoleon Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,165 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,165 Feet (355 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9272, -120.72920
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Napoleon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Napoleon Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Mother Lode Belt
Land Status
Land ownership: County
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Katherine Tynes
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: S. H. Nutter
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: E. A. Nutter
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1860
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE NAPOLEON MINE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN MAJOR COPPER MI MINERALIZED AREA IS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN QUARTZ PORPHY & FELSI 942-43 THE MOUNTAIN COPPER CO.LTDREHABILITATED THE THIRD SHA OTHER TWO SHAFTS ARE COMPLETELY CAVED IN.
References
Reference (Deposit): N THE NAPOLEON COPPER MINE BY E.HNUTTER,OWNER.ERIC,J.H.,1948
Reference (Deposit): TED LIST OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIF.CALIF.DIV.MINES BULL 14
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN,C.A.,AND FRANCE,H.A.,1936A,MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Reference (Deposit): AVERAS COUNTY:CALIF.DIV.MINES REPT.32,P.314
Reference (Deposit): HEYL,G.R.,1948,ZINC-COPPER MINES OF THE QUAIL HILL AREA,CALA
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY,CALIF.,CALIF.DIV.MINES BULL.144,P.122-124.PRELIMINARY
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