Latitude: 39°29'7"N
Longitude: 120°49'24"W
A former Au mine located about 1¾ miles NE of Alleghany.
Mineralization is hosted in slate, gabbro, and serpentinite.
Workings include an adit.
References
Averill, Charles V. (1942), Mineral resources of Sierra County: California Division Mines Report 38: 59.
Logan, Clarence August (1929), Sierra County, Colusa County: California Mining Bureau Report 25 of the State Mineralogist: 179.
Ferguson, Henry G. & R.W. Gannett (1932), Gold quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California: USGS PP 172: 125.
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.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California: 33.
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