The Whitlock Group Consolidated Whitlock and Alabama is a gold and silver mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Whitlock Group Consolidated Whitlock and Alabama MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitlock Group Consolidated Whitlock and Alabama
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dr. F. E. Gallison And E. J. Freethy
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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): INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED THROUGH 1870'S; MOST OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINED MINING 1895--1900 AND ABOUT $482,000 WAS RECOVERED DURING THIS PERIOD. A SMALL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED 1940-42 WHEN 942 TONS OF ORE YIELDED ONLY 133 OZ. GOLD AND 33 OZ. SILVER. LITTLE OR NO WORK DONE SINCE 1942. TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $500,000.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE A 900-FT. STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFT W/4 LEVELS, 600-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT, DRIFTS, OTHER CROSSCUT ADITS OF UNKNOWN LENGTHS.
Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS, THE WESTWARD, ALABAMA AND WHITLOCK, AGGREGATING 47.68 ACRES. ORE MINERALS ARE CHIEFLY PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE WITH NATIVE GOLD, BUT LOCALLY ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA IS PROMINENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 183-185, 316
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