Sacramento Mine, Chalfant Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USAi

Regional Level Types
Sacramento Mine	Mine
Chalfant Peak	Peak
White Mountains	Mountain Range
Mono County	County
California	State
USA	Country

A former lode Au-Ag-Pb-Cu mine located in secs. 2 & 3, T5S, R33E, MDM, 1.8 km (5,800 feet) NW of Chalfant Peak (coordinates of record), on private land in a National Forest (located claim). Owned by Ion Reef Jr. and Eric Banta. The property is comprised of 6 claims. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters. References place this mine in secs. 2 and 11; the topo map indicates it is in secs. 2 & 3.

Mineralization is a vein deposit with a vein 18 inches to 4 feet thick, hosted in granite. The ore body strikes N30E and dips 30NW at a thickness of 1.22 meters. One drift encounters an E-W fault. Local rocks include pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided.

workings include underground openings comprised of a 300 foot deep shaft on the vein from which workings considerable ore was stoped prior to 1890. Below this shaft 4 tunnels have been driven into the hill. The upper, No. 1 tunnel, was driven 300 feet on the vein. Some stoping was done above this tunnel. No. 2 tunnel was driven 550 feet on the vein, then crosscut E 900 feet. The vein is 2 feet to 4 feet wide in these workings. No. 3 tunnel, driven N30E for 450 feet on the vein, which is 4 feet wide here. At the face of the tunnel is a winze 50 feet deep with a 100 foot drift N, which ends at a fault. No. 4 tunnel is a crosscut E 150 feet, with a raise to No. 3 tunnel.

Production data are found in: Goodwin (1957).

Production information: Production was by cyanidation. No other production record found.

Commodity information: Ore said to carry $15 - $16/ton (period values) of Au, largely free.

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10101186

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