Deposit: 2 ore shoots 500 ft apart are exposed. Dunfee shoot 130 ft long, 4-15 ft wide avg. $30/ton

Deposit type: Polymetallic veins

Development: Active in early 1920's; one of the larger mines of the district. Reserves of 15,000 tons mill ore claimed in 1918. Owned and opened by champs d'or gold mining co. In 1912.

Ore(s): Contact Of Diorite With Lime-Shale

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ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Native Gold

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Diorite

ⓘ Shale

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Native Gold

Formula: Au

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘ	Native Gold	1.AA.05	Au

List of minerals for each chemical element

Au	Gold
Au	ⓘ Native Gold	Au

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10047068

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References

Weed, Walter Harvey (1918) International Edition - A Manual of the Mining Industry of the World. The Mines Handbook - an Enlargement of The Copper Handbook Vol. 13. W. H. Weed p.1093

Weed, Walter Harvey (1922) Describing the Mining Companies of the World. The Mines Handbook - succeeding The Copper Handbook Vol. 15. The Mines Handbook Co. p.1298

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