Garibaldi

The Garibaldi is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,799 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

Name: Garibaldi  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.6975, -119.99278

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Garibaldi MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Garibaldi
Secondary: Blue Lead


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Robert O. Greeves


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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

Form: PINCH AND SWELL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): S 1/2 4 , N 1/2 9 , UTM ACC.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS

Comment (Workings): 325-FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 40-FT. CROSSCUT, DRIFTS.

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM. DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY WATER AS THE MINE YIELDS UP TO 600,000 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY.

Comment (Production): LITTLE RECORDED OF EARLY HISTORY. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY 1897 TO LATE 1930'S. MINE IDLE SINCE THEN. MOST OF WORKINGS ARE CAVED. THE TAILINGS DUMP WAS WORKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD, THE LAST ACTIVITY RECORDED.

Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE OCCURS AS BOULDER-LIKE TO NODULAR MASSES IN A BLACK 8 - 10 FT. THICK GOUGE FOUND BETWEEN DOLOMITE AND THE ALTERED DIKE ROCK.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO PARALLEL VEINS 1 - 15 FT. APART SEPERATED BY ALTERED DIKE ROCK. METASEDIMENTS ARE CHIEFLY SLATE. GRAPHITE SCHIST, BLACK MANGANIFEROUS CHERT. DOLOMITE OCCURS CHIEFLY ON THE HANGING WALL, IS BLUE-GRAY - TO - BLACK AND SOMEWHAT PLATY.


References

Reference (Deposit): AUBRY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 11 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

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. 100 - 101 , 262 .


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