The Castagnetto Iv is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Castagnetto Iv MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castagnetto Iv
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Inez Bouvier ?
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 125 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CUTTER VEIN WHICH CROSSES BLUE LEAD QUARTZ VEIN, LOCAL NAME, WHICH IS ON OR CLOSE TO THE CONTACT BETWEEN HUNTER VALLEY CHERT AND META-AUGITE ANDESITE GREENSTONE. CHERT. HANGING WALL, GREENSTONE FOOTWALL IN GENERAL.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF FOUR ADJOINING UNPATENTED CLAIMS, THE CARSON, CARSON NO. 1 AND 2, AND BOUVIER. ALL THE CLAIMS ARE ON THE BLUE LEAD VEIN. THE WORKINGS, WHICH ARE ON THE CARSON CLAIM ARE ON A CUTTER VEIN ABOUT 150 FT. EAST OF THE BLUE LEAD.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 83 , 248 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , PL 10 .
Reference (Deposit): REPT XVII , P. 108 .
Reference (Production): CASTELLO, 1921
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