The Number Five Monte Carlo is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Number Five Monte Carlo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Number Five Monte Carlo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Milton Sutherland
Years: 1927 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION RECORDED IN 1899; PRINCIPAL PERIOD OF ACTIVITY 1909-1914. THE MINE WAS OPERATED UNDER LEASE FOR A TIME IN 1921-22 AND A SMALL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED. NO MATERIAL AMOUNT OF MINING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1922 AND PROPERTY HAS REVERTED TO AGRICULTURAL STATUS.
Comment (Workings): LONG CROSSCUT ADIT WITH EXTENSIVE CONECTING DRIFTS AND STOPES; 2 SHAFTS, ONE 260 FEET DEEP, THE OTHER 200 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF THE NUMBER 5 AND JACK QUARTZ CLAIMS AND THE FRACTIONAL STANDBY AND NO. 5 EXTENSION CLAIMS. VEIN MATTER CONSISTS PRINCIPALLY OF MILKY QUARTZ WITH ABUNDANT PYRITE. SURFACE SHOWINGS OF GOSSAN ARE COMMON.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN. - APRIL, 1957, PP. 142-143, 291
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 135
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