The City of Six Mine is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Mine Info
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City of Six Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: City of Six Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
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
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
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CONSIDERABLE MILLING ORE
Comment (Geology): SAME ROCK SERIES AS IN ALLEGHANY DISTRICT. MAIN VEIN FOLLOWS STEEP CONTACT OF SLATE & SERPENTINE SOMETIMES RUNNING QTZ STRINGERS INTO SLATE HANGING WALL. IN PLACES, FOOTWALL SERPENTINE MINERALIZED, W DOLOMITE-QTZ ROCK & BLUEJAY. SOME FAULTING NEARLY PARALLEL TO STRIKE & DIP OF MAIN CONTACT, W MINERALIZING PROBABLY SIMULTANEOUS OR SOON AFTER. TRIPLE POCKET ADJOINS ON N., CARSON ON S
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ORE SHOOT
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, 1400 FT OF BACKS ON THE VEIN. 2ND ADIT 360 FT LOWER THAN UPPER, 1500 FT LONG W CROSSCUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 53 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P. 175 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN, 1929
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