Latitude: 39°27'51"N
Longitude: 120°50'4"W
A former Au mine located about ½ mile SE of Alleghany.
Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite, schist and gabbro.
Workings include an adit.
Production data are found in: Ferguson and Gannett (1932).
References
MacBoyle, Errol (1920b), Mines and mineral resources of Sierra County: California Mining Bureau, Report 16, 144 pp. (published as separate chapter): 101.
Logan, Clarence August (1929), Sierra County, Colusa County: California Mining Bureau. Report 25: 179.
Ferguson, Henry G. & R.W. Gannett (1932), Gold quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California: USGS PP 172.
Averill, Charles V. (1942), Mines and Mineral resources of Sierra County: California Division of Mines, California Journal of Mines and Geology: 38(1): 60.
Averill, Charles V. (1942), Mineral resources of Sierra County: California Division of Mines California Division Mines Report 38: 60.
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; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 33.
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