Sacramento

The Sacramento is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Sacramento

Commodity

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

Location

State: California
County: Mono

Land Status

Not available

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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 300-FT. SHAFT ON THE VEIN FROM WHICH WORKINGS CONSIDERABLE ORE WAS STOPED PRIOR TO 1890 . BELOW THIS SHAFT FOUR TUNNELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE HILL. THE UPPER, NO. 1 TUNNEL, WAS DRIVEN 300 FT. ON THE VEIN. SOME STOPING WAS DONE ABOVE THIS TUNNEL. NO. 2 TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN 550 FT. ON THE VEIN, THEN CROSSCUT EAST 900 FT. VEIN IS 2 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE IN THESE WORKINGS. NO. 3 TUNNEL NORTH 30 DEG. EAST 450 FT. ON THE VEIN WHICH IS 4 FT. WIDE HERE. AT FACE OF TUNNEL IS A WINZE 50 FT. DEEP WITH 100-FT. DRIFT NORTH WHICH ENDS AT A FAULT. NO. 4 TUNNEL IS A CROSSCUT EAST 150 FT., WITH A RAISE TO NO. 3 TUNNEL.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ONE DRIFT ENCOUNTERS E - W FAULT.

Comment (Deposit): COMPRISING 6 CLAIMS. REFERENCES PLACE MINE IN SEC. 2 AND 11 . TOPO MAP INDICATES IT IS IN SEC 2 & 3 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): ORE SAID TO CARRY $15 - $16/TON IN GOLD, LARGELY FREE.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 18 IN. - 4 FT. THICK

Comment (Production): MAJOR PRODUCTION WAS BY CYANIDATION. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

References

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P. 274 .

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. 132 , PL. 1 .

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 566 .

Reference (Production): GOODWIN ( 1957 )

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