The Gold Wedge is a lead and silver mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 6,801 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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.69194, -118.54389
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Gold Wedge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Wedge
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Chidago
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): REPORTED THAT 84 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FROM WORKINGS CARRIED 50 OZ. IN AG AND $8 AU/TON. OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1935 AND 1941 WHERE AG AND AU RECOV., BY INDIRECT METHODS.A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1929 HAD A SMELTER RECOVERY OF 34.3% PB AND 92 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEIN SYSTEMS, 2 - 4 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH 175 FT. ON N 20 E VEIN. DRIFT DRIVEN 40 FT. EAST ON IT. 300 FT. BELOW THESE WORKINGS, A CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN SOUTH FOR 900 FT. SHAFT 135 FT. DEEP W/100 FT. DRIFT TO SW.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SOME BRECCIATION IN MICACEOUS HORNFELS
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 14 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. N 1/2
References
Reference (Production): GOODWIN ( 1957 ); TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 )
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 124 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1927 , MONO COUNTY: 23RD REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 380 - 381 .
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , 16 - FIG. 4 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 559 .
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