The Triple Lode Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Triple Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Triple Lode Mine
Secondary: El Dorado
Secondary: Blair Cons. Claims: El Dorado
Secondary: Emeline
Secondary: Jumper
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. S 1/2
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Geology): 12 - 20 FT THICK MAIN VEIN OF QTZ AND MINERALIZED AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST W. VEINS TO NE INCLUDING EAST VEIN 300 FT NE.
Comment (Commodity): VEINS CONTAIN ABUNDANT FINE TO COARSE PYRITE AND SMALL AMTS. ARSENOPYRITE
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Workings): OLD SHAFT TO 450 FT DEEP NOW CAVED, NEW 560 FT SHAFT 200 FT NW, W. LEVELS AT 150 , 250 AND 500 FT. SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS
Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER OF GROUP OF CLAIMS IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST W. OF MOTHER LODE, W. WAGON RUT, GOLD HILL & PARNELL MINES TO NW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 148 - 9 , PL 6
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., & LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 71 185
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., STROMQUIST, A. A., & SWINNY, C. M., 1955 , GEOL. OF THE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA QUADS., CALAVERAS & TUOLOMNE COS.: CALIF. DIV. MINES SPEC. REPORT, 41 , P. 51
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