Latitude: 39°27'54"N
Longitude: 120°50'31"W
A former Au-PGE (Pt) mine located on the SE side of Alleghany.
Mineralization is a vein deposit (Deposit model: 273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein) hosted in rocks of the Kanaka Formation (dolomite, greenschist, and slate).
Local structures include the Melones Fault Zone.
Related tectonic structures include the Sierra Nevada foothills accreted terranes.
Production data are found in: McCulloch and others (1964).
References
Ferguson, Henry G. & R.W. Gannett (1932), Gold quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California: USGS PP 172: 102.
Carlson, D.W. & W.B. Clark (1956), Lode gold mines of the Alleghany-Downieville area, Sierra County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52: 237-291.
McCulloch, W.C., Oesterling, W.A., Spurck, W.H., & Tischler, M.S. (1964), Minerals for Industry, Northern California, Southern Pacific Company: Vol. II: 36.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.
Bohlke, J.K. (1982), Written communication to N.J. Page, USGS.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 33.
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