Sixteen To One Mine

The Sixteen To One Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California at an elevation of 4,121 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sixteen To One Mine
Secondary: Lucky Change Mine
Secondary: Original Sixteen To One Mine
Secondary: 16 To 1 Mine
Secondary: Kanaka Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: Sierra
District: Alleghany

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Kanaha Creek Joint Venture
Company ID: 401299

Owner Name: Original Sixteen To One Mine Inc
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1996

Production

Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 6505 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1993
Description: Most Recent Available Data 8163 Troy Oz. Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): AU PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BOM AS FROM AN OPER. CALLED "KANAKA CREEK". 1988 PRODUCTION ONLY 11,000 OZ.AU. 1989 PRODUCTION ONLY 6,000 OZ.AU. 1988 AU RESERVE= 600,000 CONT.OZ. (SUPPOSEDLY). ORE CAPACITY EST. TO BE 70-75,000 MTPY.

Comment (Economic Factors): THIS OPERATION USES METAL DETECTORS TO FIND GOLD IN ORE AND WALL ROCK.

Comment (Deposit): SMALL PRODUCER.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESOURCES REPORTED.

References

Reference (Production): 1995 PRODUCTION, 1995 ORIGINAL SIXTEEN TO ONE MINE, INC.

Reference (Production): ANNUAL REPORT, P1.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 172,PP98-101;

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

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