Experimental

The Experimental is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Experimental  

State:  California

County:  Tuolumne

Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.06306, -120.38861

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Experimental MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Experimental


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne


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

Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES ASSAYED $100 PER TON.


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): GOLD WAS COARSE, CONTAINING SULFIDES

Comment (Deposit): MINE INITIALLY DEVELOPED 1854 AND WORKED INTERMITTANTLY

Comment (Production): SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE REMOVED SINCE 1928 , PRINCIPALLY BETWEEN 1936 AND 1940 ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 600 FT. WITH CROSSCUT ADIT OVER 3000 FT. AND DRIFT 525 FT.; WINZES AT BASE OF SHAFT 300 FT. APART.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TRUE FISSURE VEIN WITH AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 5 FT. HANGING WALL IS A HARD DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE WITH CAVERNS CONTAINING WATER AND MUD; THE FOOTWALL IS LIMESTONE CUT BY A SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES STRIKING ACROSS THE VEIN. ORE SHOOTS FORMED AT INTERSECTION OF DIKES AND THE VEIN.


References

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CDM REPT. 45 , P. 65

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 148


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