DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO ACCOMPANY MAP MF-1492-D U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE ANDREWS MOUNTAIN, MAZOURKA, AND PAIUTE ROADLESS AREAS, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

By

Steven W. SchmauchU.S. Bureau of Mines

Pamphlet includes table 2 only, table 1 and text on map sheet.

Tab

le

2.

Su

mm

ary

of

min

es

and

pro

spe

cts

in

the

A

ndre

ws

Mo

un

tain

, M

azou

rka,

an

d P

aiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

reas

[Underlin

ed

nam

es re

fer

to pro

pert

ies fu

rth

er

desc

ribed in

th

e

Min

era

l R

esou

rce

Pote

ntial

map

, M

F-1

492-

B]

Map

N

o.Na

meSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d p

rod

uct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e d

ata

Big

P

ine

Cop

per

No.

1

Boa

z

Kaw

eah

Al i

ce

Al i

ce

Ext

en

sio

n

6 Unknown

I/

(35, 9, 3T

)

Three

smal

l areas

with

coppe

r mi

nera

ls a

re e

xpos

ed

in a

granodiorite-hornfels c

onta

ct.

Mala

chit

e and

chry

soco

lla

are

disseminated

and s

tain

the f

ractures

in b

oth

rock t

ypes

.

Two

bands

of v

uggy

friable

limo

nite

, wh

ich

are

2 ft t

hick,

are

concordant w

ith

arenaceous l

imes

tone

th

at s

trikes N

. 20°

E. an

d dips 2

5° N

W.

The

limo

nite

-bea

ring

zones a

re s

epar

ated

by

a 0.6-ft-

thick

limestone

bed.

Cren

ulat

ed b

roke

n sl

ate

trends N

. 40°

W. and

dips fr

om 5

0° N

E. to

65°

SW.

The

dump

s contained

less

tha

n 5 pe

rcen

t qu

artz

. Qu

artz

is

vuggy,

iron-stained,

and

has

oxidiz

ed c

ubic m

asse

s of

gale

na.

No q

uart

z was

foun

d in

place.

Prospect i

n fissile

gray-bla

ck s

late.

Over

burd

en

cove

rs a

ny e

vidence

of q

uartz

outcrops.

Country

rock is

green c

alca

reou

s sl

ate

that

strikes

N. 57°

E. an

d di

ps 7

7° S

E.

An e

ast-

trending s

hear z

one

3 ft t

hick is

par

tly

filled

with

ban

ded

quartz-calcite

vei

ns a

nd i

s ex

pose

d for

15 f

t.

A fe

w pi

eces

of

quartz c

ontaining

lead

oxide

are

present

on the

dump o

f the

pit.

Nort

hwes

t-tr

endi

ng c

onglom

erat

e, sandstone, and

limestone

cont

acts

are

loc

ally s

heared.

Kaol

init

e an

d se

cond

ary

calcite

are

abun

dant

within

the

sheared

areas.

A 17

-ft-

deep

shaft a

nd a

bout

150

ft

of b

ulldozer c

uts.

A small

pit

and

a 15

-ft-

long

trench l

eads

to

a 19

-ft-

long

adit.

Two

shal

low

4-ft

-wid

e by 15-ft-

long p

its.

One

pit

17 f

t by 3

ft b

y 5

ft d

eep

trends N

. 35°

E.

One

pit, one

tren

ch,

and

an

adit 8

ft

long w

ith

a 5-

ft-

long u

nder

hand

stope.

A sh

allo

w pit

and

a 34-ft-

deep c

ross

cut

shaf

t in

clin

ed

45°

W.

Four r

andom

chip

or

grab s

ampl

es w

ere

take

n fr

om l

ocat

ions

wit

h vi

sibl

e copper m

iner

als.

A

select s

ampl

e of

app

aren

tly

the

high

est

grade

mate

rial

fr

om t

he sh

aft

had

4.63

perc

ent

copp

er.

The

othe

r three

samples

cont

aine

d 0.

38,

1.55

, an

d 2.

4 pe

rcen

t copper.

All

samp

les

also h

ad t

races

of g

old

and

silv

er.

Four s

ampl

es f

rom

the

limo

nite

bod

ies

had

as m

uch

as 0

.2 o

z gold p

er t

on,

0.2

oz s

ilver

per

ton, an

d 0.03 p

erce

nt

copper.

Two

select s

amples o

f mineralized

quar

tz

from

two

dumps c

onta

ined

0.0

1 an

d 0.

03

oz g

old

per

ton,

3.

8 an

d 8.

0 oz

silver

per

ton, 5.

2 an

d 11

.1 p

ercent l

ead.

A se

lect

sample

of q

uart

z in dump h

ad

2.6

oz si

lver

per

ton

, 4.

3 percent

lead,

and

a trace

of g

old.

A ch

ip s

ample

from

the

adi

t fr

om a

cros

s th

e sh

ear

zone h

ad a

trace o

f gold a

nd

0.6

oz s

ilve

r pe

r ton; a

grab s

ample

of

quar

tz f

rom

the

dump

as

saye

d a

trace

of

gold a

nd 0

.2 o

z si

lver

per

ton.

A se

lect

sam

ple

of m

iner

aliz

ed q

uartz

floa

t fr

om t

he p

it c

onta

ined

0.03

oz

gold

per

ton,

2.6

oz silver p

er t

on,

and

4.3

perc

ent

lead

.

Thre

e ch

ip samples

from

conglomerate

and

from

a s

hear

ed c

onglomerate-

sand

ston

e co

ntac

t at

the

sh

aft;

ea

ch

assa

yed

a tr

ace

of gold a

nd c

oppe

r, on

e ha

d 0.17 p

ercent l

ead.

Tw

o grab s

amples

from t

he p

it d

ump

cont

aine

d tr

aces

of

gold

, co

pper

, an

d le

ad.

Table

2. Summary o

f mi

nes

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndrews M

ountain, Ma

zour

ka,

and

Paiute R

oadl

ess

Areas Continued

Map No

.___

_Nam

eSu

mmar

yWo

rkin

gs a

nd

production

Resource/sample

data

10 11 12

Cabin

Bob

Whit

e

Mule

Springs

No.

1

Lucky

Bee

JR N

o. 2

Interbedded

shale

and

lime

ston

e co

ntai

ns several

subparallel

bedd

ing-

plan

e quartz v

eins

tha

t are

a fe

w in

ches

thi

ck,

with

pods

as m

uch

as 4

ft

thick,

whic

h ar

e tr

acea

ble

for

abou

t 20 f

t.

Most o

f the

quar

tz is

mas

sive

; brecciated a

reas a

re filled w

ith

sili

ceou

s limonite a

nd f

ine-grained

gale

na.

High

ly f

ract

ured

quart

z co

ntai

ns m

inor

pyrite

and

bornite

in s

hale c

ount

ry ro

ck.

Oliv

e-gr

een,

mi

cace

ous

phyl

lite

and i

nterbedded

dolomite s

trik

e N. 19°

W. and

dip

36°

SW.

Fria

ble,

brecciated q

uart

z float

is in

the d

ump

and

surr

ound

ing

area

.

Crys

tall

ine

limestone

has

been in

tens

ely

frac

ture

d an

d locally

meta

morp

hose

d.

A brecciated z

one

is p

rese

nt b

etween t

he l

imestone a

nd a

san

dy

shal

e un

it.

A 5-

ft-t

hick

, 25

-ft-

long

lens

of b

ull

quar

tz i

s co

ncor

dant

with

inte

rbedded

shal

e and

sandstone.

A no

rth-

to

sout

h-tr

endi

ng p

od o

f qu

artz

, as

much

as 1

.0 f

t thick

and

less t

han

6 ft l

ong,

is

present

in m

assi

ve l

ight-brown

lim

esto

ne.

There

are

three

adits, a

22-ft-

deep shaft, and

a small

pit.

The

lowest a

dit

has

216

ft o

f work

ings

and

appe

ars

to h

ave

been driven

to i

nter

sect

the q

uartz

veins

foun

d in

the

uppe

r wo

rkin

gs.

One

pit.

One

pit.

A glo

ry

hole

10

0 ft w

ide,

170

ft lo

ng,

and

150

ft

deep

. An

un

know

n am

ount

was

us

ed

as

railr

oad balla

st

for

the

S

outh

ern

Pa

cific

R

ailr

oa

d

beds

in

th

is

are

a.

A 28-f

t-lo

ng a

dit.

One

pit.

Stru

ctur

es w

ere

not

cont

inuo

us e

nough

to

permit t

onna

ge a

nd g

rade e

stim

ates

. Si

x chip samples

acro

ss q

uart

z co

ntai

ned

a tr

ace

to 0

.8 o

z silver p

er t

on a

nd 0

.03

to 1.

95 p

erce

nt l

ead.

A

rand

om c

hip

samp

le f

rom

a 2-

in.-

thic

k ga

lena

-bea

ring

qu

artz

vein

assa

yed

2.9

oz s

ilve

r pe

r to

n an

d 4.

05 p

ercent l

ead.

About

25

tons o

f st

ockp

iled

quartz

at t

his

prospect a

vera

ge 2

.3 o

z si

lver

per

ton

an

d 2.

6 pe

rcen

t le

ad.

The

quartz v

eins

at t

his

prop

erty

con

tain

small is

olat

ed

concentrations o

f lead a

nd s

ilve

r.

Spec

imen

s of

quartz

cont

aine

d a

trac

e of

go

ld,

silv

er,

and

copper.

A ch

ip sa

mple

fro

m ac

ross

the

phy

llit

e-

dolo

mite

contact c

onta

ined

no

significant

values.

The

quartz a

ssayed

0.1

oz g

old

per

ton

and

0.3

oz s

ilver

per

ton.

Nine

random

chip

and

grab

samples

in

and

near t

he glory

hole s

howe

d a ca

lciu

m ox

ide

content

rang

ing

from

24.

9 to

36.7 p

ercent,

whic

h is t

oo l

ow f

or

cement m

anufacturing o

r fo

r fe

rtilizer

mark

ets.

Four

chi

p sa

mple

s ta

ken

at r

egular

inte

rval

s fr

om t

he q

uart

z; th

ree

assa

yed

as m

uch

as a

trace

of g

old

and

0.2

oz

silver p

er t

on.

A select s

ampl

e of q

uart

z co

ntai

ned

no

sign

ific

ant

valu

es.

Tab

le

2.--

Sum

mar

y of

min

es

and

pro

spect

s in

th

e

And

rew

s M

ou

nta

in,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Paiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

rea

s C

on

tinu

ed

Map

N

o.Na

me

Sum

mar

yW

orki

ngs

and

pro

du

ctio

nR

esou

rce/

sam

ple

da

ta

13

Blis

ter

Lode

A

30-f

t-w

ide,

120-f

t-lo

ng

area

of

dolo

mite

is

cu

t by

nort

h-t

rendin

g,

east-

an

d w

est

-dip

pin

g fa

ults,

faults.

Mos

t ar

e sh

ort

, irre

gula

r,

and

dis

con

tinu

ou

s;

the

lo

ngest

on

e w

as

1 to

4

in.

thic

k

and

30 ft lo

ng

. Th

e zo

nes

are

com

pose

d of

goug

e,

limo

nite

, sili

ceous

dolo

mite

, sid

erite

, an

d quart

z ve

ins

or

pods

. R

ando

mly

d

istr

ibu

ted

cu

bic

m

asse

s of

gale

na

are

so

met

imes

co

nce

ntr

ate

d

into

st

rea

ks o

r le

nse

s in

th

e fa

ult

zone

s.

The

larg

est

len

s is

0

.3 ft th

ick

and

1.5

ft

lon

g.

14

Unk

now

n I/

An

80-f

t-lo

ng,

3-f

t-th

ick

qu

art

z ve

in str

ike

s

N.

35°

(7,

10,

75

) E.

an

d d

ips

35°

to

60°

SE.

The

vein

is

co

nco

rdant

with

in

terb

ed

de

d p

hyllite

an

d dolo

mite

.

15

Mon

tezu

ma

min

e N

ort

heast

- to

nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g fa

ults

have

dis

pla

ced,

tilted,

and

loca

lly

ove

rturn

ed

limest

one,

arg

illite

, an

d d

olo

mite

str

ata

. F

aults,

lan

dslid

es,

bu

lldo

zer

trench

es,

an

d th

e w

est

erly

dip

of

the

str

ata

, w

hich

is

co

incid

en

t w

ith

slo

pe

angle

s, all

obsc

ure

geolo

gic

d

eta

il/

Irre

gu

lar

repl

acem

ent

bodie

s of

lea

d-z

inc-s

ilve

r o

re w

ere

foun

d in

th

e

Mon

o!a

For

mat

ion

limest

one.

Bec

ause

se

dim

ents

ar

e o

vert

urn

ed

, su

lfid

e

bodi

es

wer

e posi

tioned

abov

e pre

viousl

y o

xid

ize

d ca

rbo

na

te

bodie

s.

Sulfi

de

bodi

es

wer

e re

po

rte

d

by

Tuc

ker

(192

1,

p.

29)

to

be

30 ft w

ide

and

50 ft

lon

g.

Oxi

diz

ed

carb

on

ate

bo

dies

w

ere

200

ft

long

and

200

ft w

ide.

Thi

ckne

sse'

s as

re

po

rte

d

by

Cra

wfo

rd

(189

6,

p.

32,

33)

rang

e fr

om 7

to

12

ft

.

The

su

lfid

e

ore

body

co

nsi

sted of

finely

d

isse

min

ate

d

ga

len

a,

sphale

rite

, p

yrite

, an

d te

trahedrite

. L

arg

er

inte

rgro

wn

cry

sta

ls of

sp

hale

rite

an

d ga

lena

als

o

are

pre

sent.

In

additio

n

to

the

ab

ove,

th

e

carb

on

ate

bo

dy

con

tain

ed

vu

ggy,

cr

ust

y fo

rms

of

ce

rru

site

, sm

ithso

nite

, an

d a

zu

rite

. M

uch

of

the

ga

lena

w

as

arg

en

tife

rou

s

(see

K

nopf,

1914

, p.

11

0;

Ea

kle

, 19

23,

p.

13

8).

16

Mon

tezu

ma

Sou

th

Inte

nse

ly

fra

ctu

red

, in

terb

ed

de

d

lime

sto

ne

an

d gr

een

to

purp

le

sha

le is

part

ly

reheale

d w

ith

ve

inle

ts of

quart

z, calc

ite,

and

limonite.

Mala

chite

is

a

sso

cia

ted

with

th

e q

ua

rtz.

Thr

ee of

the

fo

ur

short

adits

form

a

series

of

inte

rconnect

ed,

15

°-in

clin

ed

st

opes

an

d drifts

tota

llin

g

260

ft of

deve

lopm

ent.

One

sm

all

pit.

Two

uppe

r adits, an in

term

edia

te,

and

a lo

wer

adit a

re a

ll caved.

They w

ere

reported t

o be 2

00,

400,

400, and

1,400

ft l

ong.

A 35-ft-

long a

dit

near t

he m

i 11 site

was

used f

or s

toring e

xplosives.

Switchback a

ccess

road

s and

a series o

f bu

lldo

zer

trenches a

nd

open c

uts

are

the

most

recent

development.

Prod

ucti

on w

as

inte

rmit

tent

fro

m 1893 t

o 19

68,

and

at l

east

1,023.7 o

z go

ld,

4,964

oz silver,

52,2

44 I

b le

ad,

38,872 I

b zi

nc,

and

47 I

b of

copp

er w

ere

prod

uced

(U.S.

Bure

au

of M

ines

pro

duct

ion

file

s).

Thre

e pits a

nd t

wo a

dits

tot

alli

ng

47 f

t.

Fifteen

chip

, on

e se

lect

, an

d on

e grab

sample w

ere

taken

from

quartz

vein

s an

d shear

zones.

Two

galena l

ense

s co

ntai

ned

55.3 t

o 65

.9 o

z si

lver

per

ton

an

d 13.0 t

o 20.6 p

erce

nt l

ead.

Th

irte

en

of th

e sa

mple

s ha

d 1.

2 oz

silver p

er

ton

or l

ess.

Thre

e chip samples

assa

yed

as m

uch

as a

trace

gold

.

A grab a

nd a

select

samp

le o

f ore,

pres

umab

ly f

rom

the

replacement

bodi

es,

had

7.2

and

8.2

oz s

ilve

r pe

r to

n, 5.

0 an

d 8.

8 pe

rcen

t le

ad,

5.0

and

6.3

percent

zinc

, an

d 0.

15 a

nd 0

.11

percent

copp

er.

Eight

samp

les

from

cou

ntry

rock

cont

aine

d no s

ignificant v

alue

s.

A se

lect

sample

from

a 1

-ton st

ockp

ile

of f

ract

ured

lim

esto

ne a

nd m

alac

hite

ha

d 0.

9 oz

silver

per

ton

and

15

perc

ent

copp

er.

Tab

le

2. S

um

mary

of

min

es

and

pro

spect

s in

th

e

And

rew

s M

ou

nta

in,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Paiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

rea

s C

on

tinu

ed

Map

N

o.Na

meSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d pro

duct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e d

ata

17

Alic

e

Quart

z S

hort

, irre

gula

r n

ort

hw

est

-tre

nd

ing

sh

ear

zone

s m

in

e1

to

2

ft th

ick

are

com

pose

d of

altere

d

dolo

mite

, go

uge,

sili

ceous

dolo

mite

, an

d dis

sem

inate

d

pyrite

. S

tru

ctu

re lim

its

wer

e n

ot

tra

cea

ble

be

yond

th

e w

ork

ing

s.

18

Bla

ke

min

e 2J

A

ltere

d

lime

sto

ne

pe

rmea

ted

with

lim

on

ite

, go

uge,

(J

R N

o.T

T

sili

ceous lim

onite,

and

sid

erite

fo

rms

gra

dational,

indis

tinct

boundaries

with

in lo

ca

lly

ove

rturn

ed

limest

one str

ata

. Th

e ar

ea of

inte

nse

a

lte

ratio

n

is

abou

t 60

ft w

ide

and

200

ft lo

ng

in

ro

cks

tha

t tr

end

no

rth

we

st

and

dip

40

to

50

° N

E.

Gal

ena

is

pre

sent

in

rand

om c

ubic

m

asse

s an

d as

m

atr

ix

fillin

gs of

bre

ccia

ted

, sili

ceous

goss

an

zone

s as

m

uch

as

1.0

ft th

ick

and

12 ft

lon

g.

19

Luck

y Ji

m

Dark

-gra

y iro

n-s

tain

ed

sla

te is

cu

t by

a

0.5

-ft-

th

ick,

55-f

t-lo

ng

shea

r zo

ne th

at

str

ikes east

, d

ips

70°

to

88°

N.

Dis

contin

uous

ve

inle

ts

of

bre

ccia

ted

q

ua

rtz

in

the

sh

ear

zone

co

nta

in

ble

bs

and

thin

str

ingers

of

gale

na

and

sp

ha

lerite

.

20

Pla

in

Vie

w

Lim

onite

an

d sid

erite

alo

ng fr

actu

res,

and

a sm

all

shea

r zo

ne th

at

conta

ins

limo

nite

an

d pyrite

ar

e in

gr

ay

lime

sto

ne

an

d b

uff

dolo

mite

.

21

Eas

t S

ylve

ster

No str

uctu

re

was

o

bse

rve

d.

Dum

p m

ate

rial

was

iro

n-

and

cop

pe

r-st

ain

ed

go

ssan

an

d lim

est

one.

Fiv

e a

dits,

two

of

whi

ch

inte

rsecte

d

shea

r zo

nes,

ra

nged

be

twee

n 10

and

50

ft lo

ng

. M

r.

A.

Love

tt

prod

uced

3

9.3

oz

gold

fr

om 2

0 to

ns

in

1907

(U

.S.

Bur

eau

of

Min

es

pro

duct

ion file

s).

Six

adits to

tallin

g m

ore

than

50

0 ft of

exc

ava

tion

, on

e ca

ved

adit,

and

thre

e pits.

In

1919

, th

e p

rop

ert

y yie

lde

d

525

oz

silver

and

22,6

60 Ib

of

lead

from

37

tons

(U.S

. B

urea

u of

Min

es

pro

duct

ion file

s).

A 3

0-f

t-lo

ng

tr

ench

with

a

15

-ft-

de

ep

shaft

and

25

-ft-

lo

ng adit.

Two

pits.

Thre

e small

pits.

The

shear

zones

were

too

sho

rt a

nd

irre

gula

r to

sample

well

enough t

o de

term

ine

resources.

One

of 1

3 ch

ip

samples

assa

yed

0.33

oz

gold p

er t

on;

the

others c

onta

ined

a t

race o

f go

ld.

Thre

e grab o

r select s

ampl

es o

f si

lice

ous

dolo

mite

had

0.1

9, 0.

41,

and

0.99 o

z gold p

er t

on.

The

larg

est

mineralized

area,

40 f

t long a

nd 2

.3 f

t wide,

comb

ined

wi

th t

wo smaller

area

s ha

s a

total

of 6

00 t

ons

of i

ndic

ated

and

inf

erre

d su

beco

nomi

c re

sour

ces

with

a w

eigh

ted

aver

age

of 1

.49

oz si

lver

per

ton

and

4.87 p

erce

nt l

ead.

Thre

e ch

ip s

amples f

rom

the

shea

r zo

ne

and

quartz h

ad a

s much a

s 0.

04 o

z gold

per

ton, 3.

0 oz

silver p

er t

on,

0.23

pe

rcen

t co

pper

, an

d 7.

0 pe

rcen

t le

ad.

A select s

ampl

e of m

ineralized q

uart

z co

ntai

ned

1.6

oz s

ilver

per

ton,

3.

3 pe

rcen

t le

ad,

and

3.1

percent

zinc

.

Two

select s

amples a

ssay

ed t

race gold

and

0.2

oz silver p

er t

on.

Three

random g

rab

samples

from

the

dum

p co

ntai

ned

a trace

of g

old

and

an

aver

age

of 0

.21

perc

ent

copp

er.

Tab

le

2.--

Sum

mar

y of

min

es

and

pro

spe

cts

in

the

A

ndre

ws

Mo

un

tain

, M

azou

rka,

an

d P

aiu

te R

oadl

ess

Are

as

Contin

ued

Map

No.

Name

Sum

mar

y

22G

reen

G

ian

t M

arb

e

Nos

.

23 24

Conta

ct S

ilve

r U

oT

S

Gol

d G

iant

No.

4

25B

lack

A

ster

2/

Pale

ozo

ic

do

lom

ite,

sha

le,

and

lime

sto

ne

str

ike

nort

hw

est

and

dip

40

° to

75

° S

W.,

with

lo

cal

ove

rturn

ing of

som

e str

ata

. C

rysta

lline d

olo

mite

cr

ops

ou

t ove

r an

ar

ea

ab

ou

t 1

mi

lon

g,

and

is

1,00

0 ft th

ick.

Maj

or nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g fa

ults

and

ove

rtu

rnin

g of

beds

an

d ha

ve in

ten

se

ly fr

actu

red

an

d b

recc

iate

d

the

ro

cks.

A 1.0

-ft-

thic

k,

nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g fa

ult in

dolo

mite

is

filled w

ith sili

ce

ou

s,

iro

n-s

tain

ed

fr

iable

go

uge.

Th

e o

nly

vis

ible

min

era

l in

th

e

untr

ace

able

fa

ult w

as m

ala

chite

. A

majo

r fa

ult

map

ped

in th

is

area

pro

jects

th

rough

the

A

lice

Q

uart

z m

ine,

0

.75

m

i n

ort

hw

est

of

this

lo

cation.

Gra

y to

b

uff

-do

lom

ite

is

mas

sive

an

d exte

nsiv

ely

fr

actu

red

. Th

e la

rgest

of

seve

ral

nort

h-t

rendin

g

shea

r zo

nes

is

3.5

ft t

hic

k

and

ext

en

ds

for

ab

ou

t 30

ft

. Th

e zo

nes

are

com

pose

d of

bre

ccia

ted

d

olo

mite

, go

uge,

an

d le

sse

r am

ount

s of

sili

ceous

limom

'te,

band

ed q

ua

rtz-lim

om

'te,

hem

atit

e,

calc

ite,

azu

rite

, an

d m

ala

chite

.

An

area

1,

100

ft lo

ng

and

400

ft w

ide

in

tffe

vic

inity

of

a d

olo

mite

-sla

te co

nta

ct h

as

seve

ral

1-

to 5-f

t-

thic

k

shea

r zo

nes.

Th

e lo

ngest

one

is

ex

pose

d un

derg

roun

d fo

r 14

0 ft

. Q

uart

z ve

ins

crop o

ut

in

sili

ceous

do

lom

ite,

bu

t la

rge

r m

ore

contin

uous

vein

s an

d le

nse

s a

re

in

the

g

ou

ge

-fill

ed

sh

ear

zone

s.

Ran

dom

ly

dis

sem

inate

d ble

bs

of

oxi

diz

ed

gale

na

and

ma

lach

ite

are

in

som

e of

the

q

ua

rtz

and

sili

ceous

dolo

mite

.

Work

ings

and

production

Resource/samp! e d

ata

Quarry d

evelopment c

overs

appr

oxim

atel

y 15 a

cres a

nd i

s on

four b

ench

lev

els

with

abo

ut

1,000

ft o

f bu

lldo

zer

tren

ches

. Ol

der

work

ings

inv

esti

gate

d parts

of m

ajor

faults

and

the

igne

ous-

se

dime

ntar

y co

ntac

ts.

They include

three

shor

t 'c

aved

sha

fts,

an 8

ft

adit

, and

two

pits

. The

owne

r states a

n unknown

amount o

f marble

was

prod

uced

in

the

1950

's.

In

1978

, Mr

. LaVigne

prod

uced

250

tons o

f ma

rble

chips,

used f

or

terr

azzo

aggregate.

Two

adits, each 3

0 ft l

ong,

two

pits a

nd a

tre

nch.

TwV trenches 1

1 an

d 25 f

t long,

an 11-ft-long a

dit,

a 36

-ft-long

incl

ined

shaft,

a ve

rtical

sh

aft

abou

t 30 f

t de

ep,

and

a pit.

Four s

mall

pi

ts,

two

adits

60

and

200

ft l

ong,

and

a 22

-ft-

deep s

haft

with

an 8

0-ft

-long

drif

t at t

he b

otto

m.

A series o

f bench

cuts

ove

r th

e entire

outcrop

coul

d ea

sily

pr

ovid

e 5 mi

llion

tons o

f in

ferr

ed s

ubec

onom

ic r

esources.

Thre

e se

lect

, on

e grab,

and

one

chip

samp

le,

all

from

sil

iceo

us l

imom'te

mate

rial

fr

om a

she

ar z

one

cont

aine

d from 0

.01

to 0

.37

oz g

old

per

ton,

0.

1 to 4

.4 o

z silver p

er t

on,

and

0.02

to

0.47

perc

ent

copp

er.

Six

chip,

two

select,

and

one

grab

sample f

rom

shea

r zo

nes,

qu

artz

, or

sili

ceou

s li

moni

te.

One

chip

sam

ple

from

a 0

.7 f

t mineralized

shea

r zone

assayed

0.2

oz g

old

per

ton.

Se

lect

ed

azur

ite-

and

malachite-stained q

uartz

from

the

pit

had

9.4

oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

4.0

perc

ent

copp

er,

and

2.6

percent

lead

. Th

e ot

her

samp

les

cont

aine

d no

significant

meta

l va

lues

.

Nine

hun

dred

ton

s of

ind

icat

ed a

nd

infe

rred

sub

econ

omic

res

ourc

es a

vera

ge

1.0

oz si

lver

per

ton

fr

om a

qua

rtz-

rich

pa

rt o

f th

e la

rges

t shear

zone

. Other

more

hi

ghly

mineralized q

uartz

.veins

were

not

suf

fici

entl

y ex

pose

d to

dete

rmin

e resources.

It is likely th

at

the

three

select s

amples r

epre

sent

the

highest

grade

material available.

Resu

lts

rang

ed f

rom

2.6

to 5

.4 o

z si

lver

pe

r to

n an

d 1.

3 to 1

.4 p

erce

nt l

ead.

Tab

le

2. S

um

mary

of

min

es

and

pro

spect

s in

th

e

And

rew

s M

ou

nta

in,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Paiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

reas

Contin

ued

Map

No.

Nam

eSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d pro

duct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e da

ta

26 27 28 29 30 31 32

The

pred

omin

ant

trend of

join

t se

ts

in

fra

ctu

red

dolo

mite

is

N

. 15°-

50°

E.

and

N.

35-7

0°

W.

Ver

y m

inor

silic

ific

ation

has

occ

urr

ed

alo

ng

the

poorly

defin

ed

and

untr

ace

able

jo

ints

. F

ine

ly

dis

sem

inate

d

gale

na is

a

sso

cia

ted

w

ith

sili

ceous

dolo

mite

.

Unk

now

n I/

The,

countr

y ro

ck is

d

ark

-gra

y to

w

hite

-banded

(3,

11,

3TT)

lim

est

one.

A horizonta

l b

ed

din

g-p

lan

e q

ua

rtz

vein

as

muc

h as

1.

5 ft th

ick

can

be

tra

ced

fo

r 45

ft.

A vert

ical

shea

r zo

ne

dis

pla

ces

the

q

ua

rtz

vein

abou

t 0

.5 ft.

Va

lley

Vie

w

A 5-

to

15-f

t-th

ick,

da

rk-g

ree

n

diab

ase

dik

e

can

be

(Bue

na V

ista

) tr

ace

d in

term

itte

ntly fo

r 40

0 ft

and

str

ikes

N.

55°

to 7

0°

W.

in

quart

z m

onzo

nite

.

Unk

now

n I/

A 2-f

t-th

ick w

hite

qua

rtz

vein

is

in

q

ua

rtz

(8,

11,

3T)

monzo

nite

.

"69"

N

os.

1-6

A 6

- to

8

-ft-

thic

k

quart

z ve

in str

ikes

N.

65°

E.

and

dip

s 54

° SE

. in

horn

fels

. M

inor

am

ount

s of

dis

sem

inate

d

gale

na

are

in

th

e iro

n-s

tain

ed

q

ua

rtz.

Little

Jo

ker

Sin

uous

irre

gula

r m

asse

s of

milk

y q

ua

rtz

as

muc

h as

15

ft th

ick

and

30 ft

lon

g

crop o

ut

in

a n

ort

h-

elo

ng

ate

d 200-f

t-lo

ng

are

a.

The

cou

ntr

y ro

ck is

gra

nodio

rite

.

Squa

w m

ine

Fou

r sh

ear

zone

s le

ss

than

20

ft

long

and

1.0

ft

(Van

ey~

vTew

th

ick

are

com

pose

d of

hig

hly

fr

actu

red,

altere

d,

Nos

. 1

and

2)

quart

z m

onzo

nite

, lightly

to h

ea

vily

iro

n-s

tain

ed

go

uge,

an

d w

hite

quart

z ve

ins

or

pods

. Th

e quart

z co

nta

ins

sili

ce

ou

s iron,

limonite,

man

gane

se

oxi

des,

p

yrite

cu

bes,

sc

att

ere

d

gra

ins

of

ch

alc

op

yrite

, an

d m

ala

chite

in

fr

actu

res.

Thr

ee a

dits,

10,

20,

and

70 ft

long,

and

a 40°-

50°

inclin

ed

shaft,

94 ft

deep

.

A 62-f

t-lo

ng a

dit

and

ove

r 20

0 ft of

bulld

ozer

cu

ts.

Sev

en

smal

l pits.

One

35°-

inclin

ed 10-f

t-deep

shaft

and

a p

it.

Ten

shallo

w pits^

An 8

-ft-

lon

g adit,

a sm

all

pit,

and

a 130-f

t-lo

ng

bulld

ozer

cut.

Two

adits

23

and

26 ft

long,

a ca

ved

adit,

and

thre

e p

its.

All

15

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d

from

a

tra

ce

to

0

.05

oz

gold

pe

r to

n,

with

on

e as

say

of

0.26

oz

gold

p

er

ton.

Two

sto

ckpile

sa

mpl

es

als

o

con

tain

ed

2

.9

and

20

.62

oz

silve

r p

er

ton.

Fou

r of

the

six

sa

mpl

es

con

tain

ed

a

tra

ce

of

gold

.

Thr

ee of

the

five ch

ip

and

grab

sa

mpl

es

con

tain

ed

a

trace

of

gold

an

d on

e ha

d 0

.1

oz silve

r p

er

ton.

A ch

ip

sam

ple

from

acr

oss

th

e ve

in

con

tain

ed

a

trace

g

old

.

Resu

lts

from

16

sa

mpl

es

show

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

One

ch

ip

and

fou

r gr

ab

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d

a tr

ace

of

gold

.

Abo

ut o

ne

-ha

lf of

the

nin

e chip

, g

rab

, o

r se

lect

sam

ples

of

qu

art

z fr

om

the

sh

ear

zone

s ha

d in

sig

nific

an

t gold

an

d co

pper

va

lues.

T

hree

se

lect

sam

ples

fr

om

sto

ckp

iles

rep

rese

ntin

g

less

th

an

2 to

ns

had

0.1

4,

0.4

9,

and

0.61

oz

g

old

p

er

ton

an

d 0

.36

, 0.0

1,

and

0.5

2

pe

rce

nt

cop

pe

r.

A gr

ab

sam

ple

of

qu

art

z fr

om

a

dum

p ha

d 0.1

0 o

z g

old

p

er

ton

an

d 0.

17 perc

ent

copper.

Tab

le

2.--

Sum

mar

y of

min

es

and

pro

spect

s in

th

e A

ndre

ws

Mo

un

tain

, M

azou

rka,

an

d P

aiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

reas

Contin

ued

Map

N

o.Na

me

Sum

mar

yW

orki

ngs

and

pro

du

ctio

nR

esou

rce/

sam

ple

da

ta

33

Blu

e B

ell

min

e G

ray,

th

in-

to

med

ium

-bed

ded

lime

sto

ne

str

ike

snort

hw

est

and

dip

s so

uth

west

. Ir

on-s

tain

ed fa

ult

goug

e fills

sma

ll,

loca

lize

d

area

s of

be

dd

ing

-pla

ne

sh

ea

rin

g in

th

e co

un

try

rock

.

34

Mex

ican

H

at

An

altere

d,

silic

ifie

d

zone

alo

ng

a quart

z m

onzo

nite

- horn

fels

co

nta

ct str

ikes

N.

45°

W.

and

dip

s 45

° SW

. Th

e 4

-ft-

thic

k

zone

co

nta

ins

vein

s an

d po

ds of

vugg

y lim

onite-s

tain

ed q

ua

rtz

as th

ick

as

1.8

ft.

The

zone

ha

s be

en

expo

sed

for

60 ft

alon

g str

ike

an

d at

least

150

ft

dow

ndip

.

35

Mic

ha

el's

32

2 S

late

an

d phyllite

are

cut

by

num

erou

s n

ort

he

ast

- tr

en

din

g,

qu

art

z-

and

gouge-f

illed

shea

r zo

nes

in

a 30

0-

by 600-f

t are

a.

Qua

rtz

vein

s an

d le

nse

s ra

nge

from

0.3

to

3

.0 ft th

ick

and

are

sta

ine

d w

ith

1 i

mon

i te

an

d he

mat

i te.

36

Bad

ger

Fla

t A

400-

to

5

00

-ft-

thic

k

lime

sto

ne

-do

lom

ite unit

pro

spects

~

str

ike

s

N.

55

°-8

0°

W.,

dip

s 4

0°-

55

° S

W.,

and

ish

igh

ly fr

actu

red

. N

umer

ous

sh

ort

, h

igh

ly irre

gula

r,

dis

con

tinu

ou

s ve

ins,

ve

inle

ts,

and

pods

of

quart

z,

calc

ite,

and

sid

erite

ar

e in

g

ou

ge

-fill

ed

sh

ear

zone

s.

Thes

e ar

e poorly

expo

sed

and

no

t tr

ace

ab

le

beca

use

allu

viu

m c

over

s th

e

are

a.

A 4

0-f

t-lo

ng

, 4

.1-f

t-th

ick

segm

ent

of

shea

r zo

ne in

a

win

ze

appe

ars

to

have

m

ore

gold

an

d silver

than

an

y oth

ers

in

th

e

surr

ou

nd

ing

a

rea

. V

ery

min

or

amou

nts

of

ma

lach

ite sta

in

are

foun

d el

sew

here

in

th

is

vic

inity.

37

St.

P

hi H

ip

Thin

quart

z ve

in

in

brow

n phyllite

tre

nd

s N

. 50

° E

. an

d dip

s ve

rtic

ally.

38

Goo

d Lu

ck

Qua

rtz

vein

as

th

ick

as

6 in

. tr

ends

N.

20°

W.

in fr

actu

red

gr

ay

limest

one.

Sev

eral

th

in,

dis

contin

uous

quart

z ve

ins

are

pre

sent

here

.

One

50-f

t-deep

shaft,

a 25-f

t-deep

inclin

ed

sh

aft

, an

d 11

pits.

A 1

0-f

t-d

iam

ete

r shaft is

45

ft

deep

with

11

0 ft of

acc

ess

ible

45°-

inclin

ed drift.

Oth

er

wo

rkin

gs

incl

ude

an 8-f

t-deep

pit

and

15

shallo

w

sho

rt

bulld

ozer

cuts

.

A 6

0-f

t-lo

ng

tr

ench

an

d a

27

-ft-

d

iam

ete

r p

it m

ade

by

a b

ulld

oze

r,

and

one

smal

l p

it.

A clu

ste

r of

five clo

se

ly

spac

ed

ad

its

com

prise

34

0 ft of

deve

lop­

men

t, in

clu

din

g

a 7

0-f

t-lo

ng

w

inze

. In

additio

n,

there

a

re

thre

e

shafts

40 ft

deep

an

d le

ss,

nin

e

trench

es,

th

ree

sh

ort

a

dits,

and

43 p

its.

One

pit

35 ft

lo

ng

, 5

ft w

ide

, an

d 3

ft

deep

.

One

pit

10 ft

in

dia

mete

r an

d 2

ft

deep

.

Of

14

sam

ples

, only

th

ree

co

nta

ine

d

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

S

ampl

es

from

tw

o p

its,

420

ft e

ast

of

the

shafts,

con

tain

ed

0

.4 to

0

.6

oz silve

r p

er

ton

. A

rand

om

grab

sa

mpl

e of

iro

n-s

tain

ed

fa

ult

goug

e fr

om th

e

inclin

ed

shaft

had

0.9

oz

silver

pe

r to

n.

Of

13

sam

ples

of

quart

z,

seve

n co

nta

ine

d

from

a

trace

to

0.0

6 o

z g

old

p

er

ton,

and

eig

ht

had

from

0.0

1 to

0

.13

perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

Ano

ther

ch

ip

sam

ple

con

tain

ed

0

.3

oz

gold

p

er

ton.

Thr

ee

chip

an

d on

e sele

ct

sam

ple

from

th

e

quart

z le

nse

s an

d ve

ins

had

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

The

40-f

t-lo

ng

segm

ent

of

shea

r zo

ne

has

550

ton

s a

vera

gin

g 0.0

5

oz

gold

p

er

ton

an

d 0

.7

oz silve

r pe

r to

n.

One

sele

ct

sam

ple

of

qu

art

z d

id

no

t co

nta

in

any

gold

o

r silver.

Two

chip

sa

mpl

es of

quart

z d

id

no

t co

nta

in

any

gold

o

r silver.

Table

2.--

Summ

ary

of m

ines a

nd p

rosp

ects

in

the A

ndrews M

ount

ain,

Ma

zour

ka,

and

Paiute R

oadless

Areas Continued

Map

No.

Name

Summ

ary

Work

ings

and

prod

ucti

onRe

sour

ce/s

ampl

e data

39

Plat

ta B

lanca

Vert

ical

to

steeply s

outhwest d

ipping b

edded

limestone

strikes

N. 30°

W.

A nearly c

onco

rdan

t qu

artz

vei

n an

d a

shea

r zone 1

.8 a

nd 1

.3 f

eet

thic

k, re

spec

tive

ly,

were

not

expo

sed

outside

of

the

exca

vati

on.

40

Zincite

Thin

ly b

edde

d, siliceous,

iron-

and

mang

anes

e-st

aine

d limestone

strikes

northw

est

and

dips 2

2° t

o 65°

SW.;

locally

recr

ysta

lliz

ed.

Bedd

ing-

plan

e qu

artz

vei

ns

2 in

. thick

contain

fine

-grained d

isseminated

galena

and

sphalerite i

n a

zone

2.8 f

t thick.

Shea

r zo

nes

that

str

ike

N. to

N.

20°

W. cr

ossc

ut t

he a

rea

and

offset t

he q

uartz

veins

a few

feet

.

41

Unknown

I/

Iron

-sta

ined

quartz

monz

onit

e co

ntai

ns specular

(21,

11

, 75)

hema

tite

and

localized o

ccurrences o

f li

moni

te-

stained

gouge.

42

Mont

e Cr

isto

Iron

-sta

ined

quartz

monz

onit

e co

ntai

ns d

isse

mina

ted

hematite,

weathered

pyri

te,

and

quartz p

ods.

43

John

nie

No.

1 Pink-white a

plit

e di

kes, quartz v

eins,

and

green-

brown

diabase

dikes

form

a no

rth-

tren

ding

dike

swarm

in q

uartz

monzonite.

Ch

alco

pyri

te,

mala

chit

e,

and

azurite

are

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

the

veins

and

dike

s in small, randomly d

istr

ibuted p

ods

wher

e iron s

tain

is

most

intense.

44

Unknown

I/

Iron

-sta

ined

quartz

vein

s and

an a

plite

dike i

ntru

de

(28/29,

IT,

35)

quar

tz m

onzonite.

45

Iron W

edge

Diabase

and

apli

te d

ikes

wit

h mi

lky

quartz v

eins

are

as t

hick a

s 2.

0 ft a

nd t

rend

north-northeast

acro

ss q

uartz

monz

onit

e.

Some p

arts o

f the

200-

ft-

to 6

00-f

t-lo

ng d

ikes a

re h

ighly

iron stained.

46

Cali

forn

ia Rose

Appr

oxim

atel

y 1,000

ft s

eparates t

wo n

orth

east

- No

. 2

trending n

orth

west

-dip

ping

she

ar z

ones

in

qua

rtz

monz

onit

e.

The

shea

rs a

re f

illed wi

th k

aoli

nite

, brecciated v

ein

quartz,

and

as m

uch

as 30 p

erce

nt

limonite.

The

larger s

hear

zone

is a

bout

210

ft

long a

nd r

ange

s fr

om 3

to

10 f

t thick, bu

t averages

abou

t 4

ft t

hick

.

An ad

it 1

3 ft l

ong

and

four p

its.

Two

adit

s totalling

96 f

t in

length,

one

inclined s

haft

22

ft

deep,

and

seve

n pi

ts.

Two

pits

, both a

bout

18

ft w

ide,

10 f

t long,

and

3 ft d

eep

with

appr

oxim

atel

y 1

ton

of l

imonit

e-

goug

e material stockpiled.

Two

pits,

one

expo

ses

quar

tz

monzonite

and

the

othe

r a

12-ft-

lo

ng,

6-ft-wide

quartz p

od.

Eigh

t pi

ts.

Two

small

pits in

the q

uart

z veins.

Thre

e sm

all

pits i

n the

aplite d

ike.

One

tren

ch 1

8 ft l

ong

and

seve

n pits.

A 9-ft-wide

by 6

-ft-

long

pit

and

a 15

-ft-

long

tre

nch

lead

into

a 3-ft-long

adit.

Three

of t

he f

our

chip

samples c

onta

ined

a

trace

gold

; on

e al

so h

ad a

trace l

ead.

One

grab sample c

onta

ined

0.4

oz

silv

er

per

ton.

A quartz v

ein

cont

ains

450

ton

s av

erag

ing

1.1

oz silver p

er t

on,

2.9

percent

lead

, an

d 4.

6 pe

rcen

t zi

nc.

No si

gnif

ican

t va

lues

in st

ockp

ile

samples

from

either

pit.

A chip sa

mple

fro

m across th

e quartz p

od

assa

yed

a trace

gold

and

a grab s

ample

assa

yed

0.03

oz

gold p

er t

on.

A 4-

ft c

hip

sample f

rom

across a

quartz

vein c

onta

ined

0.3

3 percent

copper.

Two

sele

ct s

ampl

es o

f fr

agme

nts

of ir

on-

and

copper-stained q

uart

z mo

nzon

ite

had

1.30

and

0.28

percent c

opper.

Five

oth

er

sele

ct a

nd c

hip

samp

les

cont

aine

d no

si

gnif

ican

t va

lues

.

Four g

rab

samples

and

one

chip s

ampl

e co

ntai

ned

no s

ignificant v

alue

s.

Three

of t

he e

ight

samples fr

om d

ikes

and

vein

s co

ntai

ned

from

1.0

to

2.7

oz

silv

er p

er t

on.

Five

chi

p samples

and

one

grab s

ampl

e co

ntai

ned

no s

igni

fica

nt v

alue

s.

Tab

le

2.--

Sum

mar

y of

min

es

and

pro

spe

cts

in

the

A

ndre

ws

Mo

un

tain

, M

azou

rka,

an

d P

aiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

reas

Contin

ued

Map

N

o.Na

meSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d p

rod

uct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e d

ata

47 48

Pyrite

E

xten

sensi

on

2/

Geo

rge

III

49M

an!a

n N

os.

50 51

Unk

now

n I/

(2

9,

11,

75

)

Old

R

iver

Arr

astr

e-

Bla

ck J

ack

Gol

d N

os.

T^T

O27~

Two

4-f

t-th

ick

quart

z-lim

onite

vein

s ar

e p

art

ly

expo

sed

for

240

ft

in

quart

z m

onzo

nite

. Th

e ve

ins

str

ike

N

. 40°-

66°

U.

and

dip

3

0°-

45

° M

E.

A nort

h-t

rendin

g

shea

r zo

ne is

ex

pose

d fo

r ove

r 1,

000

ft,

aver

ages

' 6

ft th

ick,

and

dip

s 60

° SW

. M

ost

of

the

zo

ne is

co

mpo

sed

of

altere

d

quart

z m

onzo

nite

, w

ith

va

rie

d

pa

rts

of

daci

te

dik

es

and

qu

art

z ve

ins

as th

ick

as

4 ft.

Lo

caliz

ed

ar

eas

alon

g th

e

zone

als

o co

nta

in

as

muc

h as

3

perc

ent

specu

lar

he

ma

tite

, m

agnetit

e,

limonite,

and

ma

lach

ite

sta

in.

Qua

rtz

str

ingers

an

d po

ds

a fe

w

inch

es

thic

k

and

as

long

as

5 ft;

they

cro

p o

ut

in w

ide

ly

spac

ed

loca

les

in

quart

z m

onzo

nite

. Q

uart

z is

als

o

ass

oci

ate

d w

ith

sh

ear

zone

s th

at

are

as th

ick

as

20 ft

. Th

e q

ua

rtz

is iron

sta

ine

d

and

has

fra

ctu

re fillin

gs

of

ma

lach

ite,

ch

ryso

co

lla,

and

trace

s of

azu

rite

.

Sec

onda

ry calc

ite

and

pyrite

altere

d

to lim

on

ite

an

d h

em

atit

e

in

quart

z ar

e fo

und

in

wea

ther

ed q

ua

rtz

monzo

nite

.

Qua

rtz

mon

zoni

te is

cu

t by

nu

mer

ous

no

rth

- to

n

ort

hw

est

-tre

nd

ing

, n

ea

rly

ve

rtic

al

diab

ase

dik

es,

fa

ults,

and

quart

z ve

ins.

Th

e la

rge

r str

uctu

res

can

be

tra

ced

fo

r se

vera

l m

iles

and

are

10

ft th

ick

or

mor

e in

p

lace

s.

The

fau

lts co

nta

in

vario

us

amou

nts

of

hig

hly

cl

eave

d co

untr

y ro

ck,

iro

n-s

tain

ed

go

uge,

an

d q

ua

rtz

vein

s.

The

larg

er

vein

s ar

e 1

to

4 ft t

hic

k

and

can

be tr

ace

d fo

r as

fa

r as

15

0 ft

. Th

e q

ua

rtz

is ty

pic

ally

mas

sive

an

d m

ilky

wh

ite

, b

ut

part

s a

re iro

n

sta

ine

d

and

conta

in d

iscre

te

ble

bs

of

pyrite

, chalc

opyrite

, ch

ryso

co

lla,

and

ma

lach

ite.

An

11

-ft-

lon

g adit

and

two

pi t

s.

Fiv

e pits.

Sev

en

smal

l pits

and

an 1

1-f

t-

deep

shaft w

ith

3.5

- an

d 25-f

t-

long d

rift

s.

Thr

ee

shallo

w pits.

A 2,5

00-f

t-lo

ng

segm

ent

of

a sh

ear

zone

ha

s be

en e

xplo

red

by

te

n

sh

aft

s,

eig

ht

ad

its,

21

pits,

and

two

tre

nch

es.

U

nder

grou

nd w

ork

ings

tota

l 1,

222

ft;

the

lo

ngest

ad

it

is

337

ft.

Sm

alle

r ne

arby

ve

ins

or

dik

es

have

tw

o adits

and

fou

r pits o

r tr

en

che

s on

th

em.

Abo

ut

6,7

00

to

ns

of

ind

ica

ted

an

d in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

es

havi

ng

a w

eig

hte

d

aver

age

of

0.0

8

oz

gold

g

old

p

er

ton

a

re

in

the

quart

z ve

ins.

One

of

six

ch

ip

sam

ples

fr

om

the

sh

ear

zone

co

nta

ined

1.8

oz

silver

pe

r to

n,

the

o

the

r sa

mpl

es

had

no sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

E

ast

of

the

sh

ear

zone

a

chip

sa

mpl

e of

iro

n-s

tain

ed

quart

z m

onzo

nite

co

nta

ine

d 0

.5

oz silver

per

ton

an

d 0.7

3 perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

Fifte

en chip

, gra

b,

and

se

lect

sam

ples

w

ere

take

n fr

om quart

z ve

ins

and

shea

r zo

nes.

M

ost

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d

a tr

ace

of

gold

, silve

r,

and

cop

pe

r.

One

sa

mpl

e co

nta

ine

d 0

.18

oz

gold

p

er

ton,

an

oth

er

had

0.2

4 perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

A sele

ct

sam

ple

from

a

25-t

on

sto

ckp

ile co

nta

ine

d

0.0

2

oz

gold

pe

r to

n,

0.9

oz

silver

pe

r to

n,

and

5.2

p

erc

en

t co

pp

er.

Thr

ee

grab

sa

mpl

es

of

iro

n-s

tain

ed

ve

in

qu

art

z,

limonite,

and

altere

d quart

z m

onzo

nite

fr

om

th

e pits

con

tain

ed

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

The

pa

rt of

the

sh

ear

zone

exp

osed

be

twee

n th

ree

shafts

has

a to

tal

of

25,0

00 t

ons

of

ind

ica

ted

an

d in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

es

with

a

weig

hte

d

aver

age

grad

e of

0.0

4 o

z gold

p

er

ton.

Abo

ut

6,8

00

to

ns

of

this

re

sourc

e

in

the

vic

inity

of

sha

fts

5 an

d 6

aver

ages

0.0

3 o

z gold

p

er

ton;

2,00

0 to

ns

near

sh

aft

7

aver

age

0.0

6

oz

go

ld

pe

r to

n.

Tab

le

2.--

Sum

mar

y of

min

es

and

pros

pect

s in

th

e A

ndre

ws

Mou

ntai

n,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Pai

ute

Roa

dles

s A

reas

Contin

ued

Map

N

o.Na

me

Sum

mar

yW

orki

ngs

and

pro

du

ctio

nR

esou

rce/

sam

ple

data

52

Blu

e Bo

y A

nort

heast

-tre

ndin

g

shea

r zo

ne

dip

s-n

ort

hw

est

and

ra

nges

fro

m 0

.5 to

2.

0 ft

thic

k in

gra

nodio

rite

. Th

e sh

ear

zone

is

com

pose

d o

f dis

contin

uous

quart

z ve

ins

and

kao

liniz

ed

, lim

on

ite-s

tain

ed

, a

ltere

d

coun

try

rock

. A

t se

vera

l lo

catio

ns,

th

e quart

z co

nta

ins

min

or a

mou

nts

of

ma

lach

ite,

azu

rite

, an

d ch

ryso

colla

.

53

Old

R

iver

A

nort

h-t

rendin

g,

3- to

5

-ft-

thic

k

shea

r zo

ne is

A

rras

tre

s m

ostly

tra

ceable

fo

r 15

3 ft.

Its m

argi

ns

have

O

wlc

orru

ga

ted

cle

avag

e su

rfac

es

alon

g so

me

pa

rts.

Cou

ntry

ro

ck is

quart

z m

onzo

nite

. Th

e sh

ear

zone

is

com

pose

d m

ostly

of

alte

red

co

un

try

rock

, lim

on

ite

str

ing

ers

, an

d 2-

. to

12-in.-

thic

k,

mas

sive

to

bre

ccia

ted q

uart

z st

ringers

an

d po

ds.

In

som

e ar

eas

of

the

shea

r zo

ne,

chry

soco

lla is

finely

di

ssem

inat

ed o

r fo

und

as fr

act

ure

fillin

gs.

54

Gol

d Bu

g N

os.

A 0

.5-m

i-lo

ng

, nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g

shea

r zo

ne1

and

2com

posed o

f a

ltere

d a

nd b

recc

iate

d c

hlo

rite

sc

his

t an

d cl

ay

fault

goug

e is

fr

om 0

.5 t

o

5 ft th

ick

in

quart

z m

onzo

nite

. Is

ola

ted

quart

z ve

inle

ts

in

the

shea

r zo

ne

are

6 in

. th

ick

and

as

long

as

3 ft

long.

The

quart

z co

nta

ins

finely

di

ssem

inat

ed

spec

ular

hem

atite

an

d pyrite

with

mala

chite

and

azu

rite

st

ain

s an

d fr

act

ure

fillin

gs.

A 1

44

-ft-

lon

g a

dit,

a 35-f

t-

long

tr

ench

, an

d five

p

its.

Two

shafts,

37

and

17

ft d

eep,

tw

o a

dits,

and

seve

n p

its.

The

ad

its

are

28 a

nd 2

85 f

t lo

ng

with

80

-ft-

lon

g d

rift

. Th

e de

epes

t sh

aft

in

ters

ect

s th

e 8

0-f

t-lo

ng

drift o

f th

e lo

ng

est

ad

it.

Seve

n adits

fr

om 1

2 to

14

0 ft

lo

ng,

a ca

ved

ad

it,

a 3

7-f

t-

deep

sh

aft w

ith

a 4

5-f

t-lo

ng

d

rift

, tw

o ca

ved

shafts,

on

e in

clin

ed sh

aft 1

0 ft

de

ep,

and

20 p

its.

Thre

e gr

ab a

nd f

ive

ch

ip

sam

ples

wer

e co

llect

ed.

A se

lect

sa

mpl

e fr

om a

1

ton

stock

pile

had

1

perc

ent

copp

er.

Min

era

lized quart

z-ve

in flo

at

from

the

tr

ench

con

tain

ed

0.49

per

cent

cop

per.

A

grab

sa

mpl

e of

quart

z float

from

a

pit c

onta

ined

0.9

0 pe

rcen

t co

pper

and

6.

6 oz

silv

er

per

ton.

A m

ine

raliz

ed

part

of

the

shea

r zo

ne

is

estim

ated

to

con

tain

10

,000

ton

s quart

z m

onzo

nite

, q

ua

rtz,

an

d go

uge

havi

ng a

n av

erag

e gr

ade

of

0.20

per

cent

co

pper

.

Twen

ty o

f th

e 72

chip

, se

lect

, or

grab

sa

mpl

es f

rom

the

sh

ear

zone

, quart

z ve

ins,

st

ock

pile

s,

or

dum

ps

assa

yed

from

0.

01

to

0.96

oz

gold

per

to

n;

29 o

thers

ha

d a

tra

ce of

gold

. Th

e se

lect

sa

mpl

es

with

go

ld

assa

ys c

lose

ly p

ara

llele

d

the

chip

sa

mpl

e re

sults.

Thre

e se

lect

sa

mpl

es

had

0.6

, 1.9

, an

d 4.

6 oz

silv

er

per

ton

. E

igh

t se

lect

and

tw

o ch

ip

sam

ples

con

tain

ed c

oppe

r ra

ngin

g fr

om

0.12

to

1.7

perc

ent

and

one

had

8.40

p

erc

en

t.

The

valu

es a

re l

oca

lize

d in

sm

all,

un

defin

eabl

e po

cket

s o

r sh

oots

al

ong

the

shea

r zo

ne,

thus

re

sour

ces

coul

d no

t be

det

erm

ined

.

Table 2. Summary o

f mi

nes

and

pros

pect

s in

the A

ndrews M

ountain, Ma

zour

ka,

and

Paiute R

oadl

ess Areas Continued

Map

No.

Name

Summar

yWo

rkin

gs a

nd

prod

ucti

onRe

sour

ce/s

ampl

e data

55Eureka

Consolidated

Quar

tz M

ine

56

Gwen

gr

oup

2J

57Lu

cky

La

rry

grou

p

Nort

h-t

rendin

g

shea

r zo

nes

as th

ick

as

9 ft

and

50-f

t-lo

ng cu

t co

ars

e-g

rain

ed q

ua

rtz

monzo

nite

. Th

e zo

nes

are

co

mpo

sed

of

rock

fr

agm

ents

, go

uge,

dis

contin

uous

diab

ase

dik

es,

an

d d

isco

ntin

uo

us,

in

terlaced

qu

art

z po

ds

and

str

ing

ers

0

.5 in

. to

1.

ft th

ick.

Som

e of

the

quart

z co

nta

ins

finely

dis

sem

inate

d pyrite

, chalc

opyrite

, lim

on

ite

, an

d ch

ryso

co

lla.

A sw

arm

of

dark

-gre

en,

ap

ha

nitic

to

sc

his

tose

di

abas

e d

ike

s,

1-

to 8

-ft

thic

k

and

tan-p

ink

aplit

e

dik

es

l-,,

to 2.5

-ft-

thic

k str

ike

pre

dom

inantly

n

ort

he

ast

in

q

ua

rtz

monzo

nite

. A

de

fin

ite

pattern

of

nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g d

ike

s is

als

o vis

ible

. Th

e dik

es

pa

rtly

o

r to

tally fill

shea

r zo

nes,

w

hich

ha

ve

schis

tose

, chlo

ritized,

alte

red

co

untr

y ro

ck,

goug

e,

and

dis

con

tinu

ou

s,

fra

ctu

red

, iro

n-s

tain

ed

quart

z ve

ins.

Th

e la

rgest

shea

r zo

ne is

ex

pose

d fo

r o

ver

500

ft a

nd

aver

ages

50

ft

thic

k.

Blo

cky

med

ium

-gra

ined

q

ua

rtz

mon

zoni

te is

cu

t by

nu

mer

ous

N.

20°

E.-

to

N

. 20

° W

.-str

ikin

g

shea

r zo

nes,

quart

z ve

ins,

an

d a

plit

e

and

diab

ase

dik

es.

A

ll of

the

str

uctu

res

are

dis

con

tinu

ou

s an

d irre

gula

r e

sp

ecia

lly

the

la

rger

ones

th

at

are

ove

r 3

.0 ft th

ick.

The

smalle

r on

es th

at

are

as

thic

k

as

1.0

ft a

re tr

ace

ab

le fo

r as

fa

r as

60

ft.

Mos

t of

the

q

ua

rtz

is m

ilky

white

with

dis

cre

te

area

s of

ch

alc

op

yrite

, w

hich

is

finely

dis

sem

inate

d,

or

in ble

bs

and

larg

e

aggre

gate

mas

ses.

C

hry

soco

lla

and

ma

lach

ite

are

a

sso

cia

ted

w

ith

the

chalc

opyrite

.

A 4

5°-

inclin

ed

shaft

104

ft

deep

w

ith

a

22-f

t-lo

ng d

rift

at

its

bo

tto

m,

seve

n pits,

and

thre

e

ad

its to

tallin

g

125

ft of

deve

lopm

ent.

Sev

eral

m

ore

wo

rkin

gs

on

the.

pro

pe

rty

lie

outs

ide

the

ro

adle

ss

area

bo

unda

ry

and

wer

e n

ot

exam

ined

. Q

uart

z str

ingers

se

lective

ly m

ined

wer

e re

po

rte

d to

ha

ve

aver

aged

3

.7

oz

gold

pe

r to

n.

Sp

ecific

p

rod

uct

ion

da

ta

are

un

know

n (K

no

pf,

19

14,

p.

12

0).

Two

adits

20

- to

45-f

t-lo

ng

and

37 pits.

A ca

ved

adit,

12 adits

ran

gin

g

from

10

to

28

0 ft lo

ng,

13 pits,

and

two

trench

es.

Tw

en

ty-n

ine

chip

, gra

b,

or

sele

ct

sam

ples

w

ere

co

llecte

d

from

quart

z str

ing

ers

an

d po

ds,

shea

r zo

nes,

sto

ckp

iles,

and

dum

ps.

Eig

ht

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d dete

ctable

g

old

; se

ven

of

thes

e ra

nged

fr

om

0

.01

to

0

.06

oz

gold

p

er

ton,

and

the

oth

er

had

0.1

3

oz.

Th

e hig

hest

silve

r va

lue

s in

tw

o sa

mpl

es

wer

e 1.

1 an

d 1

.0

oz

pe

r to

n.

Two

chip

an

d tw

o sele

ct

sam

ples

als

o

assa

yed

0.1

1,

0.7

0,

0.2

5,

and

2.2

perc

ent

cop

pe

r,

respectively

. M

ost

of

the

e

asily

acc

ess

ible

m

inera

lized

quart

z ha

s be

en

rem

oved

. R

emai

ning

gold

-bearing quart

z is

of

extr

eme

smal

l si

ze

and

appare

nt

restr

icte

d

occ

urr

en

ce.

A m

inera

lized

segm

ent

of

the

la

rge

st

zone

co

nta

ins

1,10

0 to

ns

of

ind

ica

ted

an

d in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

es.

Th

e av

erag

e gr

ade

is 0.7

9 o

z silver

pe

r to

n.

Fifty

-one

sam

ples

fr

om

the

str

uctu

res

and

num

erou

s sm

all,

h

igh

-gra

de

sto

ckpile

s in

dic

ate

co

pper

and

silve

r ar

e is

ola

ted

in

sm

all

po

cke

ts.

A m

inera

lized

segm

ent

of

a zo

ne

conta

ins

32,0

00 t

on

s of

qu

art

z m

on

zon

ite,

qu

art

z,

and

goug

e ave

ragin

g 0.2

4 p

erc

ent

cop

pe

r.

Abo

ut 2

5 to

ns

from

va

rio

us

sto

ckp

iles in

th

is

area

ha

ve

an

aver

age

grad

e of

0.6

1

perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

Min

era

liza

tio

n

was

lo

ca

lize

d,

and

som

e re

str

icte

d

area

s w

ith

g

old

-be

arin

g quart

z e

xis

t.

Table

2. Summary o

f mines

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndre

ws M

ount

ain,

Mazourka, and

Paiute R

oadl

ess Areas Continued

Map

No.

Name

Summar

yWorkings a

nd

production

Resource/sample

data

58

Unknown

I/

(4,

12,

37)

59

Unkn

own

\J"c

ryst

al area'

(9/4,

12,

35)

60

Unknown

I/

(3,

12,

37)

61

Unknown

I/

(3,

12,

37)

62Western

Minnesota

Mining

Asso

ciat

ion

(placer)

Two

shea

r zo

nes

stri

ke n

orth a

nd d

ip 4

7° t

o 63°

E.

in q

uart

z monzonite.

Maxi

mum

thickness

is 2

0 ft

, bu

t the

zone

s av

erag

e abou

t 8

ft t

hick a

nd c

an b

e tr

aced

for

over

300

ft.

The

shea

r zo

nes

consist

of

frac

ture

d to a

lter

ed c

ount

ry r

ock

with

dis

cont

inuo

us

limo

niti

c quartz v

eins

.

Quar

tz v

eins a

nd d

acit

e and

diabase

dike

s tr

end

northwest

in q

uartz

monz

onit

e.

The

larg

est

structures a

re e

xpos

ed f

or o

ver

1,00

0 ft;

quar

tz

veins

average

about

2 ft t

hick

and

50

ft l

ong.

Ca

viti

es in

the

qua

rtz

cont

ain

euhedral,

clear,

smoky, or r

utilated q

uartz

crystals.

Rand

om b

lebs

of c

halcopyrite, pyrite,

and

mala

chit

e are

sparse

in l

ocalized a

reas

of

the

quartz v

eins.

A 0.5- t

o 1.

1-ft

-thi

ck,

iron

-sta

ined

qua

rtz

vein

with

pods

of li

moni

te e

xtends f

or 2

50 f

t al

ong

a N. 30°

E. tr

end

in q

uart

z mo

nzon

ite.

Massive

to b

recciated, li

monite-stained q

uartz

and

jasp

eroi

d si

lica

are

ass

ociated

with

an

alte

red,

sheared

diabase

dike

. It

strikes N

. 60°

E.,

is

inte

rmit

tent

ly e

xposed i

n wo

rkin

gs f

or 2

80 f

t an

d is

as t

hick

as

6 ft.

Sporad

ic c

halc

opyr

ite,

mal

achi

te,

and

pyri

te a

re p

resent i

n the

quartz.

Information

held c

onfi

dential

by o

wner.

Two

adits, 15

and 2

2 ft l

ong,

and

two

small

pits

.

A 20

-ft-

deep

sha

ft w

ith

12 f

t of d

rift

s, a 6-ft-long

adit

, and

over

125 s

hall

ow p

its

and

tren

ches

.

Six

small

open c

uts

alon

g quartz v

ein.

Fou

r pits.

Ele

ven

chip

sa

mpl

es

from

su

rface

an

d un

derg

roun

d sh

ear

zone

exp

osu

res.

F

our

grab

sa

mpl

es

from

quart

z-v

ein

sto

ckpile

s

and

from

du

mps

. O

ne ch

ip

sam

ple

con

tain

ed

0

.6 o

z silve

r p

er

ton,

none

o

f th

e o

the

rs co

nta

ined sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

One

hu

ndre

d an

d fo

rty-t

wo se

lect,

chip

, o

r gr

ab

sam

ples

w

ere

take

n

from

wo

rkin

gs

and

quart

z-v

ein

o

utc

rop

s.

Of

the

se,

24

had

valu

es

gre

ate

r th

an

0.

01

oz

gold

p

er

ton,

0.2

oz

silver

pe

r to

n,

or

0.0

1

perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

The

hig

hest

va

lue

s w

ere

0.0

8 o

z gold

p

er

ton,

2.0

oz

silver

pe

r to

n,

and

1.19

perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

The

qu

art

z cry

sta

ls w

ere

judged to

be

a

com

mon

va

rie

ty

and

have

no

co

mm

erci

al

valu

e.

Fiv

e of

six

sele

ct

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d

no sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

O

ne

sam

ple

con

tain

ed

0

.4 o

z silver

pe

r to

n.

One

of

the

fou

r ch

ip

sam

ples

fr

om th

e

qu

art

z an

d dik

e co

nta

ined 0

.02 o

z gold

p

er

ton.

Table

2.

--S

umm

ary

of

min

es

and

pro

spe

cts

in

the

A

ndre

ws

Mounta

in,-

Mazo

urk

a,

and

Paiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

rea

s C

on

tinu

ed

Map

N

o.Na

meSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d p

rod

uct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e da

ta

63 64 65 66 67

D.R

. M

ar J

ak

Sant

a R

ita

Nos

. 1-

9 (p

lace

r)

Qyp

sy

Kin

g

and

Gyp

sy

Kin

g E

xte

nsi

on

N

o.

2

Em

pire

m

ine

Men

dosi

no

68

Unk

now

n(1

4,

12,

35)

A d

olo

mite

an

d quart

zite

conta

ct is

part

ly

expo

sed

for

3 m

i alo

ng

the

east

lim

b of

an

arc

uate

- sh

aped

sy

ncl

ine

ex

pose

d in

M

azou

rka

Can

yon.

Th

e ro

cks

str

ike

N

. 30

° W

. an

d dip

80

° SW

. T

his

site

is

one

of

thre

e

know

n ta

lc

de

po

sits

fo

und

alon

g th

e co

nta

ct.

Und

ergr

ound

, h

igh

ly irre

gula

r ta

lc

bodie

s p

inch

o

ut

and

swell

to 8

.0 ft th

ick

alon

g str

ike

an

d ar

e ex

pose

d do

wnd

ip fo

r 14

7 ft.

The

re

are

som

e co

un

try-

rock

in

clu

sio

ns,

bu

t soft,

mas

sive

, ste

atite

-gra

de ta

lc

bodie

s as

th

ick

as

6.0

ft th

ick

are

pre

sen

t.

An

unid

entified

volu

me

of

quart

z m

onzo

nite

allu

vium

is

in

a

south

-tre

ndin

g in

term

itte

nt

stre

am d

rain

ag

e.

Lim

on

ite-s

tain

ed

, bre

ccia

ted,

milk

y to

ja

spero

id

vein

quart

z as

th

ick

as

2 ft is

ex

pose

d by

w

ork

ings

for

400

ft

alo

ng

a nort

hw

est

tr

end.

The

qu

art

z co

nta

ins

spora

dic

pyrite

. Th

e ve

in is

in

a

shea

r zo

ne

in altere

d

qu

art

z m

onzo

nite

.

Hem

atit

e-s

tain

ed

vugg

y q

ua

rtz

in gra

nitic

co

untr

y ro

ck.

Dis

contin

uous

qu

art

z ve

ins

as m

uch

as

0.8

ft th

ick

and

50 ft lo

ng

are

fo

und

alo

ng th

in,

go

ug

e-f

ille

d

nort

heast

-tre

ndin

g

shea

rs in

q

ua

rtz

monzo

nite

. Q

uart

z va

ries

from

mas

sive

to

vu

ggy

and

is

som

etim

es fr

actu

red

and

pow

dery

. M

inor

amou

nts

of

ma

lach

ite

are

in

vugg

y, lim

on

ite

-fille

d

qu

art

z ve

ins

at

the

fa

ce of

the

acc

ess

ible

adit.

Qua

rtz

mon

zoni

te is

overlain

by

a

lluviu

m.

Thr

ee adits to

tal

225

ft o

f de

velo

pmen

t, e

xclu

din

g

two

stop

ed

area

s an

d a

36 ft w

inze

. O

ther

wo

rkin

gs

incl

ude

a 1

2-f

t-

deep

shaft

and

a p

it.

U.S

. B

urea

u of

Min

es

pro

duct

ion

file

s

ind

ica

te th

at

183

tons

talc

w

ere

min

ed in

19

57.

Non

e.

Thr

ee

trench

es,

on

e adit,

one

cave

d adit,

one

shaft,

and

one

pit.

One

cave

d ad

it.

Two

adits

and

a pit

part

ly

expo

se

a n

ort

he

ast

- tr

endin

g

zone

fo

r 80

ft

on

a hills

ide.

The

low

er

adit is

11

3 ft lo

ng

; th

e

uppe

r a

dit w

as

pro

ba

bly

lo

ng

er,

b

ut

is

cave

d at

the

port

al.

A 6

0-f

t-lo

ng

, 4-f

t-deep

bulld

ozer

trench

.

An

est

ima

ted

18

,000

to

ns

of

ind

ica

ted

an

d in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

es,

of

whi

ch

10 perc

ent

is

ste

atite

-gra

de

ta

lc,

is

pre

sent

alo

ng

the

co

nta

ct.

The

re is

a

hig

h p

ote

ntia

l fo

r a

dd

itio

na

l ta

lc

reso

urc

es

alo

ng

the

dolo

mite

-lim

est

one-

quart

zite co

nta

ct.

Two

sam

ples

co

nta

ined

no sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

Fiv

e ch

ip

and

two

sele

ct

sam

ples

; on

e sele

ct

sam

ple

of

the

shaft

dum

p co

nta

ine

d

0.0

6

oz

gold

p

er

ton,

the

oth

er

sam

ple

assa

yed

no

mor

e th

an

0.00

7 oz

gold

p

er

ton.

Thr

ee sele

ct

sam

ples

of

qu

art

z an

d g

ran

ite

ha

d 0

.03

, 0.0

4 a

nd 0

.21

oz

gold

p

er

ton.

One

ha

d 0

.2

oz silve

r p

er

ton.

Fiv

e

sam

ples

of

quart

z o

r sh

ear-

zone

mate

rial

from

th

e

low

er

adit c

on

tain

ed

as

m

uch

as

0.4

oz

silver

pe

r to

n.

A m

ala

chite

-sta

ined

sam

ple

from

th

e adit

face

co

nta

ine

d 0.1

6

perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

A ra

ndom

gr

ab

and

a sele

ct

sam

ple

of

qu

art

z fr

om

th

e

dum

p of

the

ca

ved

adit

had

0.0

8 a

nd

0.7

9 o

z gold

p

er

ton,

0.2

an

d 0

.6

oz silve

r pe

r to

n,

and

0.0

2

and

1.09

perc

ent

copper,

re

spectively

.

One

ch

ip

sam

ple

con

tain

ed

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

Table

2. Summary o

f mi

nes

and

pros

pect

s In

the

Andr

ews

Mountain,

Mazourka,

and

Paiute R

oadl

ess Areas Continued

Map

No.______N

ame

Summary

Work

ings

and

prod

ucti

onRe

sour

ce/s

ampl

e data

69

Unknow

n I/

(14, 12

, T5

)

70

Mai

d of

Erin

N

os.

1-3

27

71

Bla

ckbird

01

72

Blu

e S

tone

T

alc

m

ine

73B

lack

La

dy

Nos

. 1

A 3

-in

.-th

ick,

jasp

ero

id q

ua

rtz

vein

w

ith

m

inor

amou

nts

of

epid

ote

, ch

ryso

co

lla,

and

ch

alc

op

yrite

is

in

a

nearly

ve

rtic

al

shea

r zo

ne str

ikin

g

N.

7°

E.

in

quart

z m

onzo

nite

.

A 2

- to

4

-ft-

thic

k

quart

z ve

in in

a

3-

to

5-

ft-t

hic

k

shea

r zo

ne str

ikes

N.

45°

E.,

d

ips

70°

NW.

in

med

ium

-gra

ined

g

ran

od

iorite

. Th

e ve

in

conta

ins

dis

sem

inate

d ch

alc

op

yrite

an

d ha

s ch

ryso

colla

an

d m

ala

chite

sta

in.

Gra

ph

itic

sh

ale

s va

ry

in

thic

kne

ss

from

10

to

30

ft

and

are

inte

rbedded w

ith

bla

ck

horn

fels

. L

imo

nite

sta

in is

p

rese

nt

alo

ng fr

actu

res.

Irre

gula

r,

gra

da

tion

al

talc

bodie

s ar

e pre

sent

alo

ng

a 1

,20

0-f

t-lo

ng

se

gmen

t of

a 3-m

i-lo

ng

dolo

mite

quart

zite co

nta

ct.

The

rock

s str

ike

nort

h

and

dip

73

° W

. Tw

o p

ale

-gra

y-g

ree

n,

so

ft,

mas

sive

ta

lc

bodie

s a

re

2.9

and

10

ft th

ick

and

100

ft lo

ng.

The

ste

atite

-gra

de ta

lc lo

ca

lly

conta

ins

rock

fr

ag

me

nts

.

A 20

0-

to 300-f

t-th

ick,

carb

on-r

ich

mem

ber

of

the

R

est

Sp

rin

g

Sha

le

crops

out

in

Maz

ourk

a C

anyo

n fo

r 3

mi.

The

rock

s str

ike

nort

herly

and

dip

55

° SW

. An

X

-ra

y diffr

action

an

aly

sis

dete

rmin

ed th

at

som

e of

the

ca

rbon

w

as

amor

phou

s g

rap

hite

an

d th

at it is

pre

sent

as

a th

in fi1

mlik

e

smea

r on

th

e

sha

le.

Wor

king

s in

dic

ate

th

at

the

h

igh

er

grad

e le

nse

s ar

e 35

to

60

ft w

ide

and

80 to

14

0 ft lo

ng

.

One

10-f

t-di

amet

er p

it.

A pit

and

a 68-f

t-deep in

clin

ed

shaft w

ith

a 10-f

t-lo

ng d

rift

. U

.S.

Bur

eau

of

Min

es

pro

duct

ion

file

s

show

1

ton

of

ore

th

at

yie

lde

d

8 oz

silver

and

310

Ib

of

copper.

Six

bulld

ozer

cu

ts,

each

ave

ragin

g

60 ft

lo

ng

, 20

ft

wid

e,

and

5 ft

deep

, d

isp

lace

d

an

est

ima

ted

to

tal

of

1,80

0 to

ns

of

mate

rial.

On

the

so

uth

side of

a ca

nyon

th

ree

sh

ort

adits to

tal

92 ft.

Two

elo

ng

ate

glo

ry

hole

s,

34

and

43 ft lo

ng,

and

a 200-f

t-lo

ng

adit

are

on

th

e

no

rth

si

de.

A w

inze

, no

w

cave

d,

conn

ecte

d th

e

adit w

ith

th

e lo

west

glo

ry h

ole

. E

ight

hund

red

tons

of

ste

atite

ta

lc

wer

e m

ined

in

th

e

19

40

's

(Pag

e,

1951

, p.

32

an

d C

hid

est

er

and

oth

ers

, 19

64,

p.

27

-61

).

The

re

are

tw

o bulld

oze

r w

ork

ing

s,

2,00

0 ft a

pa

rt.

One

is

80

ft

long,

35 ft w

ide,

and

32 ft

deep

; th

e o

the

r is

14

0 ft lo

ng,

60 ft w

ide,

and

5 ft

deep

. P

roduct

ion

has

been

in

term

itte

nt

ove

r th

e la

st

20 y

ea

rs.

At

one

poin

t,

130

tons

a m

onth

wer

e sh

ipped.

Est

imate

s ba

sed

on

the

si

zes

of

the

w

ork

ing

s in

dic

ate

a

bo

ut

5,00

0 to

ns

cou

ld

have

be

en

rem

oved

.

A gr

ab

sam

ple

of

jaspero

id q

ua

rtz

assa

yed

1.4

oz

silver

pe

r to

n.

A to

tal

of

2,00

0 to

ns

of

ind

ica

ted

an

d in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

es

has

a w

eig

hte

d

aver

age

grad

e of

0.0

4 o

z g

old

p

er

ton.

Eig

ht

chip

sa

mpl

es

aver

age

1.1

3 perc

ent

tota

l ca

rbon

an

d 6.

97

pe

rce

nt

mois

ture

an

d vola

tile

s.

The

mo

istu

re

and

vola

tile

co

nte

nt

is

too

hig

h

and

the

gr

ade

too

lo

w to

be

co

nsi

de

red

a

gra

phite

re

sou

rce

.

Bot

h ta

lc

bodi

es in

dic

ate

pin

chin

g o

ut

at

dept

h an

d alo

ng str

ike.

A to

tal

of

4,20

0 to

ns

of

ind

ica

ted

an

d in

ferr

ed

ste

atite

- an

d nonst

eatit

e-g

rade ta

lc

is

est

imate

d.

If

1 perc

ent

of

the

3-m

i-lo

ng,

200-f

t-

thic

k

zone

w

as sim

ilarly m

inera

lized

for

a do

wnd

ip

dis

tan

ce of

200

ft,

then

a

bo

ut

500,

000

tons

of

infe

rre

d

sube

cono

mic

gra

phite

re

sou

rce

s re

main

. Th

e pe

rcen

tage

s of

mo

istu

re

and

vola

tile

co

nte

nt

are

too

hig

h

and

the

flake

size

an

d perc

ent

gra

phite

to

o

smal

l fo

r m

ost

uses

of

gra

ph

ite

. H

owev

er,

the

d

ep

osi

t m

ay

be

in

dem

and

for

limite

d

use

s,

such

as

lu

brica

tin

g

runners

an

d n

ozz

le

blo

cks

in

steel

mills

.

Table

2. S

umma

ry o

f mi

nes

and

pros

pect

s in

the

Andrews

Mountain,

Mazourka,

and

Paiute Road

less

Areas Continued

Map

N

o.

74

Nam

e

Luci

lie's

Lu

cky

Sta

r

Sum

mar

y

Poorly

sort

ed

, sa

nd

-to

-bo

uld

er-

size

ch

ert

an

d g

ran

itic

allu

vium

ove

rlie

cl

ay

ston

e in

a

pale

o-

stre

am c

hann

el .

Wor

king

s an

d pro

duct

ion

One

73-f

t-lo

ng adit

and

one

13-

ft-long

open

cut.

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e da

ta

Fou

r sa

mpl

es

con

tain

ed

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

75 76

Asbestos N

o.

1

Gray E

agle

Talc

77Ju

lia

R. No

s.

1-3

78 79

Barr

el Sp

ring

s group

(placer)

Copp

er E

mpir

e group

Disc

onti

nuou

s, thin q

uart

z ve

ins

strike N

. 10

° 20°

W. an

d di

p vertically in

gray

quartzite.

to

Poorly

expo

sed

talc

ose

bo

dies

as

m

uch

as

100

ft

long

and

17 ft t

hic

k

are

alo

ng

a q

ua

rtzite

-do

lom

ite

co

nta

ct.

The

rock

s str

ike

n

ort

h,

dip

5

0°-

80

° w

este

rly,

and

are

expo

sed

for

ab

ou

t 3

mi

in

Maz

ourk

a C

anyo

n.

Ma

gn

esi

um

-de

ficie

nt

do

lom

ite is

p

reva

len

t w

ithin

th

e ta

lcose

b

od

ies,

an

d little

if

any

sig

nific

ant

ste

atite

-gra

de ta

lc

was

fo

rmed

.

The

cou

ntr

y ro

ck

is

mas

sive

, sili

ce

ou

s,

bla

ck

spotted horn

fels

. R

egio

nal

trend is

nort

herly

with

st

eep

west

erly

dip

s.

Info

rmatio

n

he

ld co

nfid

en

tia

l by

ow

ner.

Six

ta

ctite

bodie

s a

re

pre

sent

alo

ng

a 2-

mi

segm

ent

of

an

igneous-

sedim

enta

ry

rock

co

nta

ct

or

in

sed

ime

nta

ry

rock

s w

ithin

0

.5 m

i to

th

e e

ast

, g

rad

atio

na

l le

nslik

e

bodi

es

rang

e fr

om

30

to

60 ft

thic

k

and

180

to 8

00 f

t lo

ng

. S

ever

al

mor

e p

ers

ista

nt

band

s of

tactite

cr

op

o

ut

in

a zo

ne

100

to

150

ft w

ide

in

one

area

only

. M

ala

chite

an

d ch

ryso

colla

sta

in

and

fra

ctu

re fillin

g is

co

mm

on.

Hig

h gr

ade

len

ses

in

the

ta

ctite

a

re

1 to

6

ft

thic

k,

usu

ally

le

ss

than

20

ft

long,

and

com

pose

10

to

50

perc

ent

of

the

ro

ck.

Thes

e le

nse

s als

o

conta

in fin

e

to

coar

se

ble

bs

of

ch

alc

op

yrite

. A

majo

r n

ort

h-t

ren

din

g

shea

r zo

ne

has

two

smal

l fr

actu

red

ar

eas

filled w

ith

ch

ryso

co

lla.

It

appe

ars

tha

t th

is fa

ult cu

ts o

ff

the

copper-

m

inera

lized

zone

to

th

e east

.

Fou

r pits.

A bulld

oze

r-m

ade

benc

h cu

t is

14

0 ft

long w

ith

a

20

-ft-

hig

h

headw

all.

O

ther

w

ork

ings

are

seve

n pits

and

a 40-f

t-lo

ng

adit.

One

sm

all

pit in

allu

viu

m.

Six

tee

n adits to

tallin

g

ab

ou

t 90

0 ft,

fou

r sh

afts

with

a

com

bine

d de

pth

of

60 ft,

62 pits

and

trench

es,

an

d tw

o ca

ved

ad

its.

The

longest

adit w

as

ab

ou

t 20

0 ft.

Abo

ut

500

tons

of

hand

-.so

rted

ta

ctite

a

vera

gin

g

3 p

erc

en

t co

pper

wer

e pr

oduc

ed in

19

17

(She

ahan

an

d S

tager,

19

54,

p.

5).

Two

chip

sa

mpl

es

and

two

grab

sa

mpl

es

did

n

ot

show

any

sig

nific

ant

min

era

l va

lue

s.

The

ad

it

and

benc

h cu

t ar

ea

is

est

ima

ted

to

co

nta

in

38,0

00 t

on

s of

infe

rred

sube

cono

mic

re

sou

rce

s of

no

nste

atite

- gr

ade

talc

.

Tw

elve

ra

ndom

ch

ip

and

grab

sa

mpl

es,

each

co

vering

a 100-f

t-lo

ng,

60

-ft-

w

ide

are

a,

wer

e ta

ken

in

the

dis

cove

ry

area

of

two

cla

ims.

Tw

o of

the

sam

ples

as

saye

d 0.0

4 a

nd 0

.14 o

z gold

p

er

ton

an

d 3

.4 a

nd

1.2

oz silver

pe

r to

n,

respectively

. Th

e ow

ner

rep

ort

ed

pla

tinum

-gro

up m

eta

ls,

bu

t no

ne

wer

e d

ete

cte

d in

th

ese

sam

ples

.

Fou

r of

the

six

ta

ctite

b

od

ies

are

e

stim

ate

d to

ha

ve

a to

tal

of

460,

000

ton

s of

ind

ica

ted

and

in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

es.

Th

e w

eig

hte

d

aver

age

grad

e is

0.4

3 p

erc

ent

copp

er

and

0.0

9 o

z silver

pe

r to

n.

Two

oth

er

tactite

bodie

s co

nta

in

len

ses

of

sim

ilar

co

pp

er-

silv

er

conte

nt,

b

ut

expo

sure

s w

ere

too

po

or to

dete

rmin

e

reso

urc

es.

In

a

dd

itio

n,

3,90

0 to

ns

from

tw

o w

ide

ly

spac

ed m

inera

lized

segm

ents

of

the

m

ajo

r sh

ear

zone

av

erag

e 2.

56

perc

ent

copp

er

and

0.2

7

oz silve

r p

er

ton.

Table

2. S

umma

ry o

f mines

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndre

ws M

ountain, M

azou

rka,

an

d Pa

iute

Roadless Ar

eas

Cont

inue

d

Map

No.

Name

Summary

Workings a

nd

production

Reso

urce

/sam

ple

data

80G

old

Ra

bb

it 2/

81 82 83

Elk

horn

N

os.

1-8

(pla

ce

r)

NRA

Jackrabbit

84 85 86

Gol

d S

eal

Se

ven

ty-M

ine

r N

os.

1 an

d 2

(pla

ce

r)

Phil

day

Lode

A 1.5

- to

5

.5-f

t-th

ick

shea

r zo

ne in

q

ua

rtz

mon

zoni

te

tre

nd

s n

ort

h-n

ort

he

ast

and

is part

ly

expo

sed

for

400

ft.

Gou

ge,

sericite,

and

dis

contin

uous

quart

z str

ing

ers

an

d ve

ins

as th

ick

as

0.5

ft fill

the

sh

ear

zone

. L

imonite

an

d dis

sem

inate

d pyrite

a

re

ass

oci

ate

d

with

th

e

qu

art

z.

A w

est

-tre

nd

ing

in

term

itte

nt-

str

ea

m dra

inage

in

qu

art

z m

onzo

nite

ha

s a

llu

via

l a

ccu

mu

latio

ns

as

muc

h as

40

ft w

ide,

200

ft lo

ng

, an

d 2

ft

deep

. A

1.5-

mi

segm

ent

of

stre

am

dra

inage

has

an

est

ima

ted

7,

000

yd^

of

allu

viu

m.

Abu

ndan

t ja

sp

ero

id a

sso

cia

ted

with

an

8

- to

1

2-in

.-

thic

k,

no

rth

ea

st-

tre

nd

ing

quart

z ve

in in

q

ua

rtz

monzo

nite

.

Qua

rtz

fissu

re

vein

s an

d po

ds

occu

py nort

h-t

rendin

g

join

ts

in

deeply

wea

ther

ed q

ua

rtz

monzo

nite

. E

xpos

ed

vein

s an

d po

ds w

ere

as

long

as

12 ft

and

had

an

aver

age

thic

kne

ss of

3 to

4

in.

The

vein

s ha

ve

spar

se 0

.25

-in

.-d

iam

ete

r po

ds of

ch

alc

op

yrite

an

d m

ala

chite

.

Wea

ther

ed,

deco

mpo

sed

quart

z m

onzo

nite

ha

s as

m

uch

as

10 p

erc

en

t h

airlin

e fr

actu

res fille

d w

ith

limo

nite

an

d sp

arse

quart

z po

ds.

Info

rmatio

n

held

co

nfid

en

tia

l by

ow

ner.

A poorly

defin

ed 2

- to

5

-ft-

thic

k

shea

r zo

ne

str

ikes

N.

72°

E.,

d

ips

77°

SE

., an

d is

part

ly

expo

sed

for

165

ft in

quart

z m

onzo

nite

. S

catt

ere

d

ble

bs

of

ch

alc

op

yrite

an

d fr

actu

re

fillin

gs of

chry

soco

lla

are

foun

d alo

ng str

uctu

re

mar

gins

an

d in

silic

ifie

d c

ountr

y-ro

ck

pods

within

a

cla

y-g

ou

ge

matr

ix.

The

larg

est

min

era

lized

pod

is

3 ft th

ick

and

12 ft lo

ng

.

Two

15

-ft-

de

ep

sh

afts

and

one

pit.

Tw

elve

tr

en

che

s,

40 to

20

0 ft

long,

and

22 pits.

Two

tre

nch

es.

An

11

-ft-

de

ep

ve

rtic

al

shaft is

at

the

sout

h en

d of

a 20-f

t-lo

ng

open

cu

t th

at

trends

N.

28°

E.

A 3

1-f

t-

lon

g 2

4°

declin

e,

whi

ch

begi

ns at

the

bo

ttom

of

the

shaft,

bear

s S

. 13

C E

.

Two

shallo

w pits.

A 5

6-f

t-lo

ng

, 1

3-f

t-d

ee

p

tre

nch

, an

d fo

ur

shallo

w

bulld

ozer

tre

nch

es

ran

gin

g

from

20

to

111

ft lo

ng

.

The

area

be

twee

n th

e

two

shafts

con

tain

4,

300

ton

s of

rock

w

ith

an

aver

age

of

0.0

3

oz

gold

per

ton.

Thirty

-four

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

Two

chip

sa

mpl

es of

jasp

ero

id

and

quart

z ha

d no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

Fou

r ch

ip

sam

ples

fr

om

th

e shaft

and

decl

ine

rang

ed

from

0

.03

to

0.

17

oz

gold

pe

r to

n,

0.1

7 to

1

.12

perc

ent

cop

pe

r,

and

as

muc

h as

0

.4 o

z silver

pe

r to

n.

One

sa

mpl

e fr

om a

0.5

-ton

quart

z sto

ckp

ile

had

0.5

5 o

z gold

p

er

ton,

0.5

oz

silve

r p

er

ton,

and

0.3

3 p

erc

ent

cop

pe

r.

One

ch

ip

and

one

se

lect

sam

ple

con

tain

ed

no

sig

nific

ant

valu

es.

Thr

ee of

the

n

ine

sa

mpl

es,

all

from

th

e

56-f

t-lo

ng

tre

nch

are

a,

had

sig

nific

ant

min

era

l va

lue

s.

Gol

d,

silve

r,

and

copp

er va

lue

s fr

om

tw

o sele

ct

sam

ples

an

d on

e ch

ip

sam

ple

wer

e:

1.8

3,

0.0

2,

and

0.3

8 o

z gold

p

er

ton;

1.3

, 0.2

, an

d 0

.2

oz silver

pe

r to

n;

6.1

, 0

.61

, an

d 9

.0 p

erc

ent

cop

pe

r,

respectively

.

Table

2. S

umma

ry o

f mines

and

pros

pect

s in

the A

ndre

ws M

ountain, Mazourka,

and

Paiu

te R

oadl

ess

Areas Continued

Map

No.

Name

Summary

Work

ings

and

prod

ucti

onRe

sour

ce/s

ampl

e data

87

Talc

o White

to g

reen l

imes

tone

and a

rgil

lite

strike

N. 30°

E.,

dip

70°

SE.

Alte

red

argi

llit

e is

slightly

talcose.

88

Hi dde

n Val1ey

Irre

gula

rly

shap

ed p

ods

and

lenses o

f platy, specular

Nos. I^EThematite c

rop

out

at a

lim

esto

ne-q

uart

z mo

nzon

ite

cont

act.

The

larg

est

pod

is 1

05 f

t long b

y 35 f

t wi

de;

the

long

est

lens i

s 11

0 ft l

ong

and

aver

ages

1.3

ft t

hick.

Thir

teen

oth

er s

mall lenses a

verage

11 f

t long b

y 3

ft w

ide.

As

soci

ated

with

the

hematite a

re m

inor a

mounts o

f ma

gnet

ite,

limonite,

pyrite,

and

quar

tz.

89

Joe

Diaz

Northeast-trending c

herty

limestone

and

dark

green

argi

llit

e ar

e cr

ossc

ut b

y a

few, sm

all

quartz

vein

s.

A 10-in.-thick q

uart

z vein e

xpos

ed i

n a

pit

contains b

lebs

, st

ring

ers, and

diss

emin

ated

gale

na,

chal

copy

rite

, ma

lachite, and

azurite.

90

Mexican

Silv

er

A 5-

ft-t

hick

zone

of si

lici

fied

lim

esto

neco

ntai

ning

abundant

quartz v

einlets

is b

ound

ed o

n th

e east b

y a

2- t

o 4-in.-th

ick

shear

zone

. It

s le

ngth

is

not

traceable

beyo

nd t

he w

orki

ng.

Blebs

and

disseminated g

alena

are

pres

ent

thro

ugho

ut t

he z

one

but

are

conc

entr

ated

at

a po

orly

defined f

ootw

all.

Mineralized

rock in

the

dump

als

o has

mala

chit

e stain.

91

Susan

No.

1 White

to p

ale-green

talcose

argillite.

92

Hawkeye

^ Gray-

to w

lrit

e- b

anded

dolo

mite h

as b

een

intruded

by m

edium-grained

quar

tz m

onzonite.

93

Unknown

I/

A small

area

o.f c

hert

y li

mestone

has

been b

leached

(32, 12,~36)

near

ly w

hite

. Qu

artz

flo

at c

ontaining

diss

emin

ated

py

rite

is

found

in t

he b

leac

hed

area

.

One

sha

llow

pit.

An adit

110

ft l

on

g,

a 10-f

t-

deep

sh

aft,

and

seve

ral

shal

low

b

ulld

oze

r sc

rape

s as

lo

ng a

s 90

ft.

U.S

. B

urea

u of

Min

es

prod

uctio

n re

cord

s sh

ow th

at

29 t

ons

con

tain

ing

49

oz silv

er

and

2,84

5 Ib

of

copp

er w

ere

prod

uced

in

19

18.

A 162-f

t-lo

ng c

ross

cut

adit

and

a sm

all

pit.

One

1

4-f

t-d

ee

p sh

aft.

A sm

all

pit.

Two

bull

doze

r cuts,

as m

uch

as 8

0 ft l

ong

and

5 ft d

eep.

A 13

-ft-

long

tre

nch.

A ch

ip s

ample

cont

aine

d a

trac

e of g

old.

The

amou

nt o

f ta

lc w

as in

sign

ific

ant.

The

largest

lens a

nd p

od a

re e

stim

ated

to c

onta

in 2

3,00

0 of t

he 2

5,00

0 to

ns

of h

ematite-rich r

ock.

An

additional

1,80

0 to

ns a

re p

rese

nt i

n sm

alle

r le

nses

or

pods

. Th

e av

erag

e gr

ade,

43

.5 p

ercent i

ron, is

marginal

and

tonnage

is sm

all.

No

ne o

f th

e sa

mple

s co

ntai

ned

significant

silver o

r co

pper

.

A se

lect

sample

of q

uart

z fr

om a

sm

all

stoc

kpil

e ne

ar a

pit

had

2.7

8 oz

sil

ver

per

ton, 10.5 p

erce

nt l

ead,

an

d 2.

5 pe

rcen

t copper.

Four

chip

samp

les

from

the

adi

t co

ntai

ned

no

significant

values.

A select s

ample

from

the

dump

had

0.01 o

z go

ld p

er t

on,

0.9

oz s

ilver

per

ton, 0.48 p

erce

nt c

opper, an

d 8.88

perc

ent

lead.

A ch

ip sample f

rom

across t

he s

hear

zone

and

silicified

lime

ston

e ha

d 0.

3 oz

silver p

er t

on,

0.02

per

cent

copper, an

d 0.67 p

erce

nt

lead

.

One

chip

sample c

onta

ined

no

significant

values.

Two

rand

om g

rab

samples

from

the

wo

rkin

gs c

onta

ined

no

significant

valu

es.

A grab sa

mple

of

quartz a

nd s

ome

sili

ceou

s li

mest

one

cont

aine

d no

significant

valu

es.

Tab

le 2

. Sum

mar

y of

min

es a

nd p

rosp

ects

in

the

And

rew

s M

ount

ain,

M

azou

rka,

an

d P

aiut

e R

oadl

ess

Are

as C

onti

nued

Map

N

o.Na

meSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d pr

oduc

tion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e da

ta

94

Nev

ada

Que

en

Nor

th-s

trik

ing,

al

tern

atin

g l

imes

tone

and

quar

tzit

e be

ds h

ave

been

int

rude

d by

a l

ampr

ophy

re d

ike.

Ra

ndom

, m

inut

e sh

ears

are

pre

sent

at

sedi

men

tary

co

ntac

ts a

nd c

onta

in d

isse

min

ated

pyri

te,

gale

na,

mal

achi

te,

and

min

or v

einle

ts o

f si

der

ite-

calc

ite.

95

96

Squares

Tunnel

(placer)

Buckeye

Nos.

1 and

2 (p

lace

r)

97

Will

min

gto

n

Info

rmat

ion

held

con

fide

ntia

l by

ow

ner.

Info

rmat

ion

held

con

fide

ntia

l by

ow

ner.

Thin

lim

esto

ne st

rata

are

int

erbe

dded

with

q

uar

tzit

e.

Som

e li

mes

tone

has

st

rin

ger

s of

as

best

os,

quar

tz,

and

chal

cedo

ny.

Mal

achi

te

and

chry

soco

lla

stai

n fr

actu

red

quar

tzit

e at

one

ou

tcro

p.

98

Fla

pjac

k N

o.

1 A

4- t

o 5-f

t-th

ick,

nort

hwes

t-tr

endi

ng s

hear

zon

e in

lim

esto

ne c

onta

ins

goug

e,

pyri

te,

epid

ote,

ch

lori

te,

iron

oxi

de,

calc

ite,

an

d ch

alce

dony

.

99

Bir

thda

y N

os.

Hig

hly

irre

gula

r sh

ear

zone

s ar

e tr

acea

ble

for

1-4

0>5

mi-

a]on

g an

eas

t-tr

endi

ng f

ault

that

diss

ects

an

over

turn

ed a

nti

clin

e, w

hich

plu

nges

50

-70°

SW

. Th

e li

mes

tone

and

dol

omite

str

ike

nort

h an

d ar

e lo

call

y r

ecry

stal

lize

d.

The

larg

est

shea

r zo

ne is

50

ft

long

and

1

to 3

ft

thic

k; m

ost

othe

rs a

re c

onsi

dera

bly

smal

ler.

So

me

lim

onit

e-

goug

e-fi

lled

zon

es c

onta

in f

inel

y di

ssem

inat

ed,

oxid

ized

gal

ena,

mal

achi

te,

and

chry

soco

lla

bleb

s.

One

18-f

t-de

ep s

haf

t,

four

pit

s,

and

a 6-

ft-l

ong

adit

.

Five

pit

s,

a tr

ench

, an

d on

e 32

-ft-

long

adit

with

30

ft o

f d

rift

.

One

adit

22

ft l

ong.

Seve

n ad

its,

tw

o w

ith w

inze

s 21

an

d 18

ft

deep

, to

tal

218

ft o

f un

derg

roun

d de

velo

pmen

t. O

ther

w

orki

ngs

incl

ude

a 33

-ft-

deep

sh

aft

and

thre

e pit

s.

U.S

. B

urea

u of

Min

es p

rodu

ctio

n fi

les

show

that

in

1912

and

19

13 t

his

pro

pert

y pr

oduc

ed

a to

tal

of 4

ton

s, w

hich

co

ntai

ned

2 oz

gol

d,

26 o

z si

lver

, 32

Ib

copp

er,

and

485

Ib

lead

.

Two

chip

sam

ples

fro

m s

hear

zon

es

cont

aine

d a

trac

e of

gol

d an

d co

pper

, an

d on

e ha

d 0.

7 oz

sil

ver

per

ton

. Se

ven

rand

om o

r se

lect

sam

ples

co

ntai

ned

a tr

ace

of

gold

and

a t

race

to

0.8

2 pe

rcen

t co

pper

; fi

ve

had

0.9

to 4

.5 o

z si

lver

per

ton

.

Twel

ve s

ampl

es w

ere

take

n.

A se

lect

sa

mpl

e ha

d 3.

3 oz

si

lver

per

ton

, 5.

9 pe

rcen

t co

pper

, an

d 0.

11 p

erce

nt

mol

ybde

num

. A

rand

om g

rab

sam

ple

from

a

near

by t

renc

h ha

d 0.

49 p

erce

nt c

oppe

r.

A du

mp

sam

ple

from

the

adit

con

tain

ed

0.5

oz si

lver

per

ton

. Th

e ot

her

nine

sa

mpl

es c

onta

ined

tra

ces

of g

old

and

copp

er.

Thr

ee c

hip

sam

ples

fro

m a

cros

s th

e sh

ear

zone

and

a g

rab

sam

ple

from

th

e du

mp

cont

aine

d no

sig

nif

ican

t va

lues

.

Six

of t

wen

ty c

hip

sam

ples

fro

m

goug

e- a

nd l

imo

nit

e-fi

lled

she

ar z

ones

ha

d fr

om 0

.01

to 0

.06

oz g

old

per

ton,

0.

1 to

1.

2 oz

sil

ver

per

ton

, an

d 0.

01 t

o 0.

15 p

erce

nt c

oppe

r.

Two

sele

ct s

ampl

es,

repr

esen

ting

les

s th

an

2 to

ns,

had

0.14

and

0.1

5 oz

gol

d pe

r to

n,

3.3

and

14.1

oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

0.77

and

1.2

per

cent

cop

per,

6.

9 an

d 18

.8 p

erce

nt l

ead,

an

d 0.

25 t

o 4.

1 pe

rcen

t zi

nc.

Table

2. Summary o

f mi

nes

and

pros

pect

s in t

he A

ndre

ws M

ount

ain,

Mazourka,

and

Paiute R

oadl

ess Areas Continued

Map No

.___

_Nam

eSu

mmary

Work

ings

and

prod

ucti

onResource/sample

data

100

Cond

or N

o.

1

101

Unk

now

n I/

(4,

13,

16

)

102

Dol

omite

N

os.

1-8

103

Mon

onga

hela

104

Broa

dway

A 10

0-

by 300-f

t ar

ea of

fra

ctu

red

dolo

mite

h

ost

s se

vera

l d

isco

ntin

uo

us

no

rth

ea

st-

to

nort

hw

est

- tr

en

din

g

shea

r zo

nes.

Th

e la

rge

st

is

63 ft

long

and

aver

ages

a

bo

ut

1.0

ft th

ick.

Lim

on

ite

-sid

erite

po

ds

1 to

4 ft lo

ng

an

d 0

.5 to

1

.5 ft

th

ick

are

min

era

lized w

ith

h

igh

ly o

xid

ize

d

lead

and

zin

c m

ine

rals

an

d st

ain

ed

with

m

ala

chite

. Th

e po

ds

are

confin

ed to

th

e

shea

r zo

nes.

A 1-f

t-th

ick,

limo

nite

-sta

ine

d

shea

r zo

ne str

ike

s

due

no

rth

an

d dip

s 45

° W

. in

lim

est

on

e.

Bright

sugary

-white

, be

dded

d

olo

mite

str

ike

s

N.

20°

E.

and

dip

s nearly

ve

rtic

ally.

The

dolo

mite

is

h

igh

ly fr

actu

red

an

d is

in

terc

ala

ted

betw

een

lime

sto

ne

be

ds.

The

owne

rs re

port

th

e m

ate

ria

l w

as

used

to

su

rface

lo

cal

roa

ds.

A lim

on

ite

- an

d m

anga

nese

-sta

ined

, w

hite

to

g

ray,

vu

ggy

qu

art

z ve

in is

a

bo

ut

1 ft

th

ick,

str

ike

s

N.

31°

W.,

and

dip

s ve

rtic

ally

in

a sh

ear

zone

in

lim

est

on

e.

The

qu

art

z,

whi

ch is

ex

pose

d fo

r 8

ft,

conta

ins

gale

na,

ma

lach

ite,

and

ch

ryso

co

lla.

An 8

- to

1

6-f

t-th

ick

limonite

zone

th

at

is

expo

sed

for

37 ft

und

ergr

ound

str

ikes

N.

27°

W.

to

due

no

rth

, dip

s fr

om

49°

to

72

° S

W.,

and

is

ab

ou

t 20

ft

sout

h of

the

q

ua

rtz

vein

.

Thin

ly

bedd

ed

lime

sto

ne

ha

s be

en

intr

ud

ed

by

quart

z m

onzo

nite

. Th

e altere

d,

shea

red

con

tact

zon

e va

ries

from

3

to

15 ft w

ide

and

is

expo

sed

for

ab

ou

t 0.

33 m

i alo

ng its

N.

10°

W.

str

ike

. Th

e altere

d

area

s of

the

co

nta

ct c

on

sis

t of

goug

e,

qu

art

z,

yello

w-b

row

n

cha

lce

do

ny,

m

agnetit

e,

and

iro

n

oxi

des.

A 5

0-f

t-lo

ng

op

en cu

t le

ads

to

a 1

0-f

t-lo

ng

adit;

two

conve

rgin

g

10

-ft-

de

ep

sh

afts

form

a

sin

gle

50-f

t-deep shaft.

Oth

er w

ork

ing

s in

clude

two

adits th

at

are

63

an

d 75

ft

long

and

fou

r sh

allo

w pits.

One

1

8-f

t-d

ee

p in

clin

ed

shaft.

One

a

dit

110

ft

long w

ith

70

ft of

drifts

and

a sm

all

open

p

it.

One

a

dit

37 ft

lon

g,

one

pit

8 ft

deep

, an

d tw

o ca

ved

ad

its.

One

pit.

Nine

teen

chi

p, ra

ndom

chi

p, or

select

samp

les

were

col

lect

ed f

rom

dolo

mite

, sh

ear

zones, an

d li

moni

te po

ds.

Five

ch

ip samples

from

the

sh

ear

zones

cont

aine

d 0.

8 to 4

.0 o

z silver p

er t

on,

4.9

to 3

1.0

perc

ent

zinc

, 0.51 t

o 0.

89

perc

ent

lead

, an

d as

much

as 0

.47

perc

ent

copper.

Five s

elect

samples

of s

tock

pile

s as

saye

d from 0

.5 t

o 25

oz silver p

er t

on,

1.82 t

o 20 p

erce

nt

lead

, 6.

0 to 1

9 pe

rcen

t zinc,

and

0.11 t

o 0.

75 p

erce

nt c

opper.

Two

chip

samples

from

the

she

ar z

one

cont

aine

d no s

ignificant v

alues.

A grab s

ample

from

the

dump

cont

aine

d 0.

6 oz

sil

ver

per

ton.

Two

grab

sa

mple

s of d

olom

ite

had

as m

uch

as 2

9.3

percent

calc

ium

oxid

e an

d 25.0

percent

magn

esiu

m oxide.

Seve

n samples

were

tak

en.

A select

sample o

f qu

artz

fro

m a

stoc

kpil

e at

the

pi

t ha

d 0.

04 o

z gold p

er t

on,

5.2

oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

0.55

per

cent

cop

per,

an

d 5.

50 p

erce

nt l

ead.

A ra

ndom

chi

p sample f

rom

the

same

sto

ckpi

le h

ad 0

.04

oz g

old

per

ton, 9.

0 oz

silver p

er t

on,

0.20

per

cent

cop

per,

an

d 13

.00

perc

ent

lead

. Of

five g

ossan

samples, three

had

a tr

ace

of g

old,

three

had

0.2

to 0

.4

oz si

lver

per

ton

, 0.

05 p

erce

nt c

oppe

r,

and

one

had

0.45

per

cent

lea

d.

Four

chi

p samples

and

one

grab sa

mple

we

re t

aken

fro

m a 76

-ft-

long

par

t of

the

al

tered

contact

zone

. Th

e sa

mple

s co

ntai

ned

traces o

f go

ld,

zinc', an

d co

pper

; on

e sample a

lso

assa

yed

0.5

oz

silver p

er t

on.

Tab

le

2. S

umm

ary

of

min

es

and

pros

pect

s in

th

e A

ndre

ws

Mou

ntai

n,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Pai

ute

Roa

dles

s A

rea

s C

on

tinu

ed

Map

N

o.__

__N

ame

Sum

mar

yWo

rkin

gs a

nd

production

Reso

urce

/sam

ple

data

105

Old

Sold

ier

106

Black

Eagle

Mine

107

Alhambra

108

Omeg

a

109

Clifford

High

ly f

ractured q

uartzite.

Frac

ture

s fi

lled

with

microcrystalline q

uart

z, calcite, an

d tu

rgit

e.

The

main

qua

rtz

vein

strikes N

. 45

°-50

° E.

and

dips

vert

ical

ly t

o 70°

SE.

in q

uartz

monzonite

near a

limestone

cont

act.

The

vein a

vera

ges

2.6

ft t

hick,

and

is e

xpos

ed u

nder

ground f

or 3

40 f

t al

ong

strike.

Quartz i

s continuous d

owndip for

about

250

ft,

but

it g

radually f

orms

lenses

and

pods w

ithi

n a

gouge-

filled s

hear z

one.

Bands

and

streaks

of l

imon

ite

and

hematite,

along

with

fine

diss

emin

atio

ns,

smal

l ag

greg

ates

, an

d hairline-fracture

fill

ings

of

free

gold

and

pyr

ite

are

in t

he q

uart

z.

One

hund

red

feet

from

either

side

of

the

main

vein, two

smaller

subp

aral

lel

quartz v

eins a

re p

artly

trac

eabl

e for

120

and

180

ft.

Vein t

hicknesses a

re a

bout

3.5 a

nd

1.6

ft,

resp

ecti

vely

.

An iron-stained q

uart

z vein

1 to 2

ft

thick, st

rike

s N.

28°

W.,

dips

steeply

southwest

and

northeast, and

extends

for

110

ft i

n qu

artz

mon

zoni

te.

A pr

obab

le x

enolith

of e

pidote-garnet-quartz-

trem

olit

e-be

arin

g do

lomi

te 2

0 ft w

ide

and

30 f

t long is

in

quartz m

onzo

nite

. Az

urit

e, m

alac

hite

, an

d ch

ryso

coll

a stain

and

coat t

he f

ractured,

part

ly a

ssimilated x

enol

ith.

Ab

out

10 t

ons

of t

he

most

hig

hly

copp

er-m

iner

aliz

ed m

ater

ial

has

been

hand

sorted.

A 4.

5- t

o 9.4-ft-thick

, gouge-filled s

hear z

one

strikes

northeast, se

parating l

imes

tone

and s

hale

from q

uartz

monzonite

for

150

ft.

Marg

ins

of t

he

shear

zone l

ocally a

re f

ille

d wi

th m

ulti

colo

red

jasper.

One

pit.

The

mai

n w

orki

ng is

a

308-f

t-

deep

sh

aft w

ith

1,66

0 ft o

f drifts

on six

le

vels

. Tw

o st

opes

al

ong

the

mai

n ve

in

open

to

th

e su

rface

. O

ther

ne

arby

wor

king

s in

clude f

our

sha

fts

with

24

0 ft o

f d

rift

s,

two

sha

fts

18 a

nd 4

4 ft

de

ep,

two

trench

es,

an

d five

pits.

An

unkn

own

amou

nt o

f or

e w

as

prod

uced

fro

m 1

883

to

1900

. Fr

om 1

901

to

1950

abo

ut 2

,476

to

ns y

ield

ed

1,

070.

4 oz

go

ld,

6,83

8 oz

silv

er,

64

1 Ib

cop

per,

an

d 4,

136

Ib

lead

(U

.S.

Bur

eau

of

Min

es p

rod

uct

ion

re

cord

s).

Thre

e tr

ench

es to

tal

165

ft.

In

the

mid

dle

tren

ch

an

incl

ine

d sh

aft in

ters

ect

s a

29-f

t-deep vert

ical

sha

ft.

A sm

all

stop

ed a

rea

conn

ecte

d w

ith

the

sha

ft b

otto

m i

s

within

5

ft o

f th

e floor

of

anot

her

trench

. A

20

-ft-

lon

g

ad

it,

90 f

t n

ort

he

ast

of

the

mai

n w

orki

ngs,

m

ay

have

bee

n an

at

tem

pt

to

inte

rse

ct

the

vein

at

dept

h.

One

30

-ft-

lon

g a

dit.

Two

trench

es,

a

50

-ft-

lon

g

ad

it,

a 28-f

t-deep sh

aft,

and

two

pits.

One

5.5

-ft-

lon

g c

hip

sam

ple

acro

ss

iro

n-s

tain

ed

quart

zite

in

th

e pit

cont

aine

d no

sig

nific

an

t va

lues.

In

the

mai

n w

orki

ng

12,0

00 t

ons

of

dem

onst

rate

d an

d in

ferr

ed

res

erve

s av

erag

ing

0.21

oz

gold

per

to

n,

and

44,0

00 t

ons

of

indic

ate

d a

nd in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urce

s av

erag

ing

0.07

oz

gold

per

to

n ar

e e

stim

ate

d.

An

ad

diti

on

al

4,00

0 to

ns of

ind

ica

ted

m

argi

nal

rese

rves

av

erag

ing

0.05

oz

gold

pe

r to

n ar

e in

th

e du

mp.

Th

e quart

z ve

ins

subpara

llel

to

the

mai

n ve

in to

tal

7,20

0 to

ns of

ind

ica

ted

and

in

ferr

ed

su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urce

s av

erag

ing

0.05

oz

gold

per

to

n.

Pote

ntia

l is

hi

gh f

or

ad

diti

on

al

gold

res

ourc

es at

this

pro

pert

y.

Four

ch

ip

sam

ples

fr

om t

he q

uart

z ve

in

cont

aine

d fr

om a

tr

ace

to 0

.04

oz

gold

per

to

n.

A sa

mpl

e fr

om t

he adit

dum

p as

saye

d 0.

03 o

z go

ld p

er to

n.

Two

rand

om c

hip

sa

mpl

es

from

the

adit

and

one

grab

sa

mpl

e fr

om t

he

dum

p ha

d tr

ace

s of

gold

and

0.1

5 to

1

perc

ent

copp

er.

A se

lect

sa

mpl

e fr

om t

he

stock

pile

ha

d 0.

1 oz

go

ld a

nd 1

.1

oz

silv

er

per

ton,

2.2

perc

ent

copp

er,

and

0.13

perc

ent

zin

c.

Fiv

e ch

ip

and

eig

ht

grab

sa

mpl

es w

ere

take

n fr

om t

he c

onta

ct a

rea

and

silic

eous

inte

rbed

ded

sedi

men

tary

ro

cks.

Se

ven

sam

ples

con

tain

ed f

rom

a t

race

to

0.01

oz

go

ld p

er to

n.

One

gr

ab

sam

ple

had

0.06

oz

gold

per

ton.

Table

2. S

umma

ry o

f mines

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndrews M

ountain, Mazourka,

and

Paiute R

oadl

ess

Areas Continued

Map

No.

Name

Summary

Workings a

nd

prod

ucti

onResource/sample

data

110

111

Nobl

e No

s.

1-

and

WDC

Nos.

1-5

Nobl

e No

. 6

112

Cent

113

114

Gree

n Gem

Nos.

1 and

2

Welc

h Go

ld-

mi 11

site

(placer)

Tactite

zone

s ar

e present

in l

imes

tone

that

is

in c

ontact w

ith

gran

ite.

The

tactite

zone

s contain

unaltered

lime

stone, m

arble, hornfels,

garn

et,

and

idocrase.

Mass

ive

garnet c

omposes

80 p

ercent o

f th

e ta

ctit

e.

At l

east f

ive

poorly d

efined,

northwest-trending

mine

rali

zed

shear

zones

are

pres

ent

in a

300-

by

700-

ft a

rea

of li

mest

one.

Smal

l blebs

of

chal

copy

rite

, bo

rnit

e, ga

lena

, and

azurite-

mala

chit

e st

ains

and

coatings

are

pres

ent

in

the

zone

s.

One

open t

rench

350

ft l

ong,

10

0 ft w

ide,

an

d 2 ft d

eep

in gran

ite,

limestone, an

d ta

ctit

e, an

d on

e tr

ench

180 f

t long,

50 f

t wide

, and

3 ft

deep

in g

rani

te.

Five p

its,

two

adits, an

d two

shafts.

Numerous s

mall,

calc

ite-

and

epidote-filled

shears

cut

gray

, massive, crysta

llin

e limestone.

The

larg

est

shear

zone

trends

N. 27°

W.,

dips v

erti

call

y to

70° N

E.,

and

is p

artl

y ex

pose

d fo

r 150

ft.

The

4-ft-thick z

one

appears

to p

inch

out

20

ft d

owndip.

The

zone

s co

nsis

t of

alter

ed a

nd b

recc

iate

d li

mest

one

and

goug

e, w

ith

lesser a

mounts o

f limonite,

siderite,

chalcedony,

quartz,

and

calc

ite.

Rand

omly

oriented

shear

zones, m

ostl

y less t

han

1.0

ft t

hick,

cut

massive, j

ointed,

multicolored

shale, ho

rnfe

ls,

and

limestone.

Alte

red

country

rock

, limonite,

and

calcit

e fill the

zones.

Sparse

thin c

oatings

of m

alac

hite w

ere

obse

rved

in

some

shear

mate

rial

found

in t

he d

umps.

Info

rmat

ion

held

confidential

by o

wner.

A 30

-ft-

deep

sha

ft a

nd a

22-ft

- long t

renc

h.

Seven

pits

.

A chip s

ample

from

tac

tite

had

0.13

perc

ent

tung

sten

tri

oxid

e (W

03)

and

one

sele

ct s

ampl

e of h

ornfels-tactite

had

0.4

oz si

lver

per

ton

and

19.0

perc

ent

iron

. Five g

rab

samp

les

from d

umps

co

ntai

ned

no s

ignificant v

alue

s.

Eigh

t ch

ip s

ampl

es a

nd o

ne r

andom

chip

sample w

ere

taken

from

the

adi

ts a

nd

shaf

ts,

seven

grab

sam

ples

fro

m pits

and

dumps, an

d tw

o se

lect

sam

ples

fro

m stockpiles.

The

two

select s

amples h

ad

1.4

and

1.0

oz g

old

per

ton,

6.

4 an

d 8.

8 oz

sil

ver

per

ton, an

d 1.

9 an

d 0.21

percent

copper,

respectively.

Seven

othe

r ch

ip a

nd g

rab

samp

les,

mostly

of a

ltered-limestone f

ault

gouge,

cont

aine

d fr

om 0

.4 t

o 1.

4 oz g

old

per

ton,

a

trac

e to

4.7

oz

silver p

er t

on,

and

0.01 t

o 0.

73 p

ercent c

opper.

A select s

ample

of s

hear

-zon

e material

from

the

dump

of t

he s

haft

yie

lded

0.1

8 oz

gold p

er t

on,

1.7

oz silver p

er t

on,

and

0.15

percent c

opper.

A ch

ip s

ampl

e fr

om a

cross

the

zone i

n th

e tr

ench

had

a

trac

e of g

old,

0.

2 oz si

lver

per

ton

, an

d a

trac

e of

copper.

Six

of t

he n

ine

samp

les

cont

aine

d a

trac

e of g

old.

Copp

er c

onte

nt w

as l

ess

than

0.0

4 percent.

Table 2. Summary o

f mines

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndre

ws M

ountain, M

azourka, a

nd P

aiut

e Ro

adle

ss Are

as C

onti

nued

Map

No.

Name

Summary

Work

ings

and

pr

oduc

tion

Resource/sample

data

115

Four

Mul

es

116

Bluebird

2/

117

Betty

Jumbo

mine

118

119

White

Swan

El So

bran

te

(placer)

Vei

n-qu

artz

fra

gmen

ts a

nd f

loat

are

sca

tter

ed o

ver

dark

-gre

en t

o bl

ack

shal

e.

A sh

ear

zone

par

tly

trac

eabl

e ov

er a

dis

tanc

e of

ab

out

700

ft,

stri

kes

N.

25°

W.,

dips

70°

NE.

, an

d ra

nges

fro

m l

ess

than

a f

oot

to \

2 f

t th

ick

, w

here

it

is

expo

sed

in l

imes

tone

. Th

e sh

ear

zone

is

com

pose

d of

cal

care

ous

goug

e,

lim

onit

e-st

aine

d ja

sper

oid,

si

lice

ous

lim

onit

e,

and

frac

ture

co

atin

gs o

f ch

ryso

coll

a an

d m

alac

hite

.

Tac

tite

bod

ies

wer

e fo

rmed

alo

ng a

nd n

ear

igne

ous-

se

dim

enta

ry r

ock

cont

acts

. S

chee

lite

is

pres

ent

as

fine

dis

sem

inat

ions

, co

arse

agg

rega

tes,

an

d al

ong

hai

rlin

e fr

actu

res

in t

acti

te.

The

two

larg

est

tact

ite

bodi

es w

ere

deve

lope

d at

the

eas

t an

d w

est

adit

s.

At

the

east

adit

an

orig

inal

re

sour

ce w

as

abou

t 12

5 ft

lon

g,

20 f

t w

ide,

an

d 10

ft

thic

k.

The

wes

t ad

it i

s ce

nter

ed o

n th

e th

ick

est

part

of

a ta

ctit

e ou

tcro

p th

at i

s pa

rtly

exp

osed

for

450

ft

. It

ran

ges

from

2 t

o 28

ft

thic

k an

d is

100

ft

wid

e,

as d

evel

oped

at

the

wes

t ad

it.

The

adit

als

o ex

pose

s a

copp

er-

and

gold

-bea

ring

she

ar z

one

that

is

46

ft l

ong

and

2.5

ft t

hic

k.

The

Bet

ty J

umbo

no

. 6

cont

ains

a g

old-

bear

ing

shea

r zo

ne t

hat

is

38 f

t lo

ng a

nd 1

.5 f

t th

ick.

Qua

rtz

flo

at i

ndic

ates

a m

axim

um v

ein

thic

knes

s of

4 i

n.

Elo

ngat

e bl

ebs

of c

halc

opyr

ite

are

rand

omly

sca

tter

ed i

n th

e qu

artz

, an

d m

alac

hite

or

chr

ysoc

olla

coa

t th

e fr

actu

res.

C

ount

ry r

ock

is d

ecom

pose

d qu

artz

mon

zoni

te.

Info

rmat

ion

held

con

fide

ntia

l by

ow

ner.

A cl

ust

er o

f te

n sm

all

pit

s an

d bu

lldo

zer

scra

ping

s.

A 15

-ft-

deep

sh

aft,

th

ree

pit

s,

and

a 10

-ft-

long

adit

.

The

east

, w

est,

and

sout

h ad

its

tota

l ov

er

1,20

0 ft

of

mos

tly

sing

le l

evel

de

velo

pmen

t. O

ther

w

orki

ngs

near

by i

nclu

de t

wo

shaf

ts

no m

ore

than

25

ft d

eep,

tw

o tr

ench

es,

thre

e pit

s,

and

thre

e ad

its

10,

60,

and

75 f

t lo

ng.

Prod

uctio

n fr

om t

he p

rope

rty

in

1918

and

195

1 to

tals

1,

037

Ib

tung

sten

, 5,

575

Ib c

oppe

r,

and

46 o

z si

lver

. An

add

itio

nal

esti

mat

ed 1

8,75

0 Ib

of

tung

sten

w

ere

reco

vere

d fr

om a

195

2 sh

ipm

ent,

but

wer

e no

t re

cord

ed.

One

pit.

A grab s

ampl

e of q

uart

z contained

no

significant

values.

A 11

0-ft

-lon

g se

gmen

t of

the z

one

averages 5

.5 f

t th

ick

and

has

7,90

0 tons o

f su

beco

nomi

c re

sour

ces

with a

gr

ade

of 1

.19 pe

rcen

t co

pper

.

The

west

adit

has

52,0

00 t

ons

of

indicated

and

infe

rred

res

erve

s av

erag

ing

0.70

per

cent

W03.

With

in t

his

block

350

tons

average 0

.22

oz g

old

per

ton,

1.

18

oz s

ilve

r per

ton,

an

d 1.59 p

erce

nt

copper.

An e

astw

ard

exte

nsio

n of

the

tactite

body i

s estimated

to c

onta

in

5,100

tons o

f in

dica

ted

and

inferred

sube

cono

mic

reso

urce

s with 0

.08

perc

ent

W03.

The

east

adit

has

5,00

0 tons o

f in

dica

ted

and

inferred m

argi

nal

rese

rves

gr

adin

g 0.

38 per

cent

W03

. The

Betty

Jumb

o no

. 6

has

90 t

ons

of i

nferred

sube

cono

mic

reso

urce

s wi

th 0

.57

oz

gold p

er t

on.

A gr

ab s

ampl

e of

mineralized f

loat

co

ntai

ned

a tr

ace

gold a

nd 4

.2 p

erce

nt

copper.

Quar

tz mon

zoni

te f

rom

near

the

pit

also

con

tain

ed a

trace g

old

and

0.14

percent

copper.

Tab

le 2

. Sum

mar

y of

min

es

and

pros

pect

s in

th

e A

ndre

ws

Mou

ntai

n,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Pai

ute

Roa

dles

s A

rea

s C

on

tinu

ed

Map

N

o.Na

me

Sum

mar

yW

orki

ngs

and

pro

du

ctio

nR

esou

rce/

sam

ple

data

120

Four

Hor

sem

en

Hig

hly

co

nto

rte

d,

fau

lted

, b

lue

-gra

y to

bla

ck

sla

te

is

dis

sect

ed

by

a 0.5

- to

0.8

-ft-

thic

k

sinu

ous

quart

z ve

in th

at

exte

nds

for

110

ft.

It va

rie

s co

nsi

dera

bly

in

str

ike

and

dip

but

tre

nds

abou

t N

. 14

° E

. an

d d

ips

40°

NW.

The

vein

is

lo

cally

vu

ggy

and

cry

sta

lline a

nd c

onta

ins

mas

ses

of

diss

emin

ated

gal

ena

from

0.2

5 in

. to

ov

er 2

in

. in

di

amet

er.

121

Blu

e C

ryst

al

A lim

esto

ne f

aci

es

in

the

Late

Pro

tero

zoic

Wym

an

Nos

. 1

-FF

orm

atio

n is

in

truded b

y a

Cre

tace

ous

gra

nitic

plu

ton,

the

resultin

g t

actite

zo

nes

are

as m

uch

as

1,10

0 ft

lon

g an

d ab

out

150

ft w

ide.

Tr

aces

of

diss

emin

ated

sch

eelit

e a

nd a

sm

all

mag

netit

e po

d ar

e p

rese

nt.

Th

e ta

ctite

zon

es a

re a

s th

ick

as

5 ft.

122

Unkn

own

I/

A 6-in.-

to

2

-ft-

thic

k

quart

z ve

in str

ikes

N.

39°

W.

(18,

10

, 36

) an

d di

ps 3

5° S

W.

in

impu

re b

uff

-gra

y lim

est

one.

The

quart

z ve

in c

onta

ins

diss

emin

ated

gal

ena

and

pyrite

and

abo

ut

5 pe

rcen

t w

hite

ca

lcite

. Th

e ve

in

can

be t

race

d fo

r ab

out

30 f

t do

wnd

ip,

but

not

alon

g th

e su

rfac

e be

yond

the

sh

aft c

olla

r.

123

Unk

now

n I/

A 3

-ft-

thic

k

quart

z ve

in c

an

be

trace

d f

or

25 ft

(18,

10

,~36

) al

ong

str

ike a

nd 4

0 ft a

long

dip

. It str

ikes

N.

58°

W.,

dips

22

° to

35°

N

E.,

and

cross

cuts

in

terb

edde

d sa

ndst

one,

silt

sto

ne,

and

sha

le.

Dis

sem

inat

ed

cha

lco

pyr

ite,

mal

achi

te sta

in,

and

limo

nite

ar

e fo

und

alon

g part

s of

the

vein

.

124

And

rew

s Q

uart

z-1i

mon

ite

pods

al

ong

limest

one-s

hale

conta

cts

Nos

. 1-

17

are

pres

ent

in

deposi

ts a

s th

ick

as

2 ft a

nd a

s lo

ng

as

30 f

t.

Typ

ica

lly,

the

min

eral

s pr

esen

t ar

e p

yrite

, ga

lena

, an

d sp

orad

ic

occu

rren

ces

of

chry

soco

lla.

Vei

ns

in

the

shal

e ar

e di

scon

tinuo

us

and

dis

pla

ced

by

fau

ltin

g.

An

open

cut

50 f

t lo

ng

, 20

ft

wid

e,

and

6 to

9

ft

deep

an

d tw

o sm

all

pits.

Thre

e op

en cu

ts,

12

shal

low

tr

en

che

s,

and

six

pits.

An in

clin

ed

sh

aft t

hat

dips

40°

SW

. is

ca

ved

at

the

co

llar.

Two

smal

l p

its.

At

the

And

rew

s N

os.

14-1

7 th

ere

is

a

120-f

t-lo

ng a

dit,

five

pits,

and

two

tre

nch

es.

Th

e A

ndre

ws

Nos

. 1

and

2 ha

ve

a vert

ical

50-f

t-deep

shaft w

ith

80 f

t of

driftin

g,

five p

its,

and

a 2

5°-

incl

ine

d,

25

-ft-

de

ep

shaft w

ith 5

0 ft o

f d

rift

.

Ele

ven

sam

ples

of

qu

art

z; five c

hip

sa

mpl

es

had

from

0.2

to

1.

0 oz

silv

er

per

ton

, an

d 0.

1 to

2.

5 pe

rcen

t le

ad.

Sele

ct s

ampl

es

from

st

ock

pile

s an

d du

mps

co

ntai

ned

as

muc

h as

2.

3 oz

silv

er

per

ton

, 1.

3 pe

rcen

t co

pper

, an

d 7

.0 p

erce

nt

lead.

A gr

ab

sam

ple

of

tactite

con

tain

ed 2

.4

oz silv

er

per

ton

and

0.22

per

cent

W03

- Tw

elve

oth

er

chip

or

gr

ab

sam

ples

co

ntai

ned

0.01

to

0.1

2 perc

ent

W03

. Th

ree

sam

ples

fr

om t

he m

agne

tite

pod

had

from

16.

5 to

31.

0 perc

ent

iron.

Four

sa

mpl

es w

ere

take

n fr

om t

he

pro

spe

ct.

A se

lect

sa

mpl

e fr

om a

20

0-1b

st

ock

pile

con

tain

ed 1

0.8

oz

silv

er

per

ton,

22.0

perc

ent

lead,

and

2.0

perc

ent

zinc.

Tw

o ch

ip

sam

ples

fr

om a

cros

s th

e quart

z ve

in

had

0.12

an

d 4.

5 pe

rcen

t le

ad,

and

0.6

and

3.30

pe

rcen

t zi

nc;

on

e ha

d 2.

6 oz

silv

er

per

ton

. P

oor

acce

ss t

o t

he u

nder

grou

nd

wor

king

s pr

even

ted

a re

sour

ce e

stim

ate

.

Two

of

thre

e c

hip

sam

ples

fro

m a

cros

s th

e ve

in

had

0.05

and

1.0

5 perc

ent

copp

er

and

0.2

and

0.6

oz silv

er

per

ton,

resp

ect

ively

. A

sele

ct

sam

ple

of

the

mos

t hig

hly

min

era

lize

d q

uart

z ha

d 4.

5 pe

rcen

t co

pper

an

d 0.8

oz

silv

er

per

ton.

Thirty

-four

sam

ples

wer

e co

llect

ed

fro

m

the

Andr

ews

Cla

ims.

On

e se

lect

sa

mpl

e of

stock

pile

d m

ate

rial

had

17.8

oz

silv

er

per

ton

and

37 p

erce

nt l

ead;

the

oth

er

sam

ples

co

ntai

ned

consi

dera

bly

le

ss.

In

genera

l, th

e as

say

data

in

dic

ate

th

e m

ine

raliz

atio

n w

as

spo

tty

and

err

atic.

Table

2. S

umma

ry o

f mines

and

pros

pect

s in t

he A

ndrews M

ountain, Ma

zour

ka,

and

Paiute R

oadl

ess

Area

s Co

ntin

ued

Mao

no.

Name

Summary

Work

ings

and

production

Reso

urce

/sam

ple

data

125

126

Iron S

ide

Squaw

Flat

No

s. 1-4

2/

127

128

Pasadena N

os.

and

2

San

Ped

ro

Nos

. l-b

Dar

k re

d hem

atit

e-lim

onite

len

s in

lim

est

on

e.

Min

or

amou

nts

of

vein

quart

z in

du

mp.

Dis

cont

inuo

us,

fissu

re-f

illin

g q

uart

z ve

ins

intr

ud

e

fine

-gra

ine

d m

assi

ve q

uart

zite

and

th

in,

inte

rbed

ded

wh

ite

dolo

mite

. Th

e tw

o lo

ng

est

vei

ns

exte

nd f

or

abou

t 42

ft

and

aver

age

1.1

ft t

hic

k.

Su

lfid

e

pods

an

d ve

ins

up to

3

in.

thic

k co

nta

in

gale

na,

sph

ale

rite

, an

d pyrite

.

Bed

ding

-pla

ne q

uart

z-lim

om

'te v

eins

ar

e as

th

ick

as

1.5

ft i

n nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g si

lice

ou

s lim

est

one.

Qua

rtz

vein

s ar

e no

rmal

to

a

nort

hw

est

-tre

ndin

g

fau

lt

syst

em.

The

larg

est

vei

n is

a

mas

sive

, si

nuou

s,

bran

chin

g qu

artz

ve

in th

at

crop

s ou

t in

a

200-

by

50

-ft

area

in

th

inly

be

dded

silt

sto

ne,

shale

, an

d phylli

te.

Oth

er

outc

rops

ar

e pr

esen

t as

sm

all

dis

con

tinu

ou

s po

ds.

Cub

ic,

irre

gula

r m

asse

s of

gale

na a

re r

ando

mly

d

istr

ibu

ted

in

th

e ve

in.

The

vein

s ar

e as

th

ick

as

10 f

t,

but

ge

ne

rally

le

ss

than

2.

0 ft.

Ther

e 1s

lim

ited

subs

urfa

ce

acce

ss

and

poor

su

rfac

e ex

posu

re

of

the

ve

in s

yste

m.

Two

pits

.

Development

consists o

f a

head

fram

e, two

inaccessible

shaf

ts,

a 58-ft-long a

dit wi

th

a 50

-ft-

deep

inc

line

d winze,

seve

ral

shal

low

tren

ches

, and

one

smal

l pit.

Abou

t 5

tons o

f qu

artz

is

stockpiled

near t

he

head

fram

e.

U.S. Bureau o

f Mine

s production f

iles

sho

w 1

oz g

old,

123

oz s

ilve

r, and

2,29

4 Ib l

ead

were

rec

over

ed f

rom

57 t

ons

in

1950.

Two

pits.

Ther

e are

nine p

its,

four a

dits

, one

trench,

and

one

shaft wi

th *

70 f

t of d

rift

s.

Two

sele

ct s

ampl

es h

ad 0

.01

oz g

old

per

ton.

The

two

quar

tz v

eins h

ave

a total

indi

cate

d an

d in

ferr

ed s

ubeconomic

reso

urce

of

300

tons

wit

h an a

vera

ge

weighted g

rade o

f 1.

6 oz s

ilver

per

ton, 3.

69 p

ercent l

ead,

an

d 1.85

perc

ent

zinc

. Ab

out

5 tons o

f si

mila

rly

mineralized

quar

tz i

s st

ockp

iled

at

the

work

ings

.

Two

select s

amples a

nd o

ne c

hip

sample

of q

uart

z an

d quartz-limom'te

material

cont

aine

d no

significant

values.

Four

chip, 15

select, an

d five grab

samp

les

were c

ollected.

One

chip

sa

mple

from a

cross

a 1.7-ft-thick q

uart

z ve

in

had

3.9

oz s

ilve

r pe

r to

n, 1.

2 pe

rcen

t le

ad,

and

0.17 p

erce

nt z

inc.

Five

select s

ampl

es o

f quartz f

rom

stoc

kpil

es

and

wast

e material av

erag

ed 6

.8 o

z silver

per

ton, 3.

0 percent

lead

, an

d 0.

62

perc

ent

zinc

.

Tab

le

2. S

umm

ary

of

min

es

and

pros

pect

s in

the

And

rew

s M

ount

ain,

M

azou

rka,

an

d P

aiut

e R

oadl

ess

Are

as

Contin

ued

Map

no

.Na

me

Sum

mar

yW

orki

ngs

and

pro

duct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e da

ta

129

130

131

132

133

Frie

nd

(pla

cer)

Iro

n N

ugge

t (p

lace

r)

Nar

row

s cl

aim

Nar

row

s no

s.

1-6

134

135

Pea

rl

Unk

now

n I/

(14,

10

,~36

)

Mas

sive

, m

i Iky

-white

qua

rtz

vein

s,

no la

rge

r th

an

40 f

t lo

ng b

y 2

ft th

ick,

cut

arg

illite

. C

ubic

m

asse

s of

gale

na

as m

uch

as

2 or

3 in

. in

di

amet

er

are

rand

omly

d

istr

ibu

ted

in

so

me

of

the

quart

z.

Som

e of

the

gale

na

has

been

co

mpl

etel

y oxi

diz

ed,

leavi

ng a

ce

llula

r bo

xwor

k,

whi

ch

has

been

enc

rust

ed

with

lim

on

ite.

Per

mis

sion

to

publis

h re

sults

was

no

t o

bta

ine

d.

Info

rma

tion

he

ld c

on

fide

ntia

l by

ow

ner.

A 5

-ft-

thic

k,

iro

n-s

tain

ed

quart

z po

d st

rike

s N

. 25

° W

. an

d d

ips

55°

Nf.

in chlo

ritic horn

fels

.

Vei

ns,

ve

inle

ts,

and

pods

of

quart

z as

lo

ng a

s 2

ft h

ave

rehe

aled

seg

men

ts*o

f a

thru

st

fau

lt.

The

sulfid

e m

inera

ls w

ere

mor

e lo

caliz

ed t

han

the

quart

z, y

et

pres

ent

in

seve

ral

wid

ely

sp

aced

ar

eas

alon

g th

e fa

ult.

The

quart

z co

nta

ins

rand

omly

di

ssem

inat

ed b

leb

s,

cube

s,

or m

asse

s an

d st

ringers

of

gale

na,

sph

ale

rite

, an

d p

yrite

as

th

ick

as 4

in

.

Buff-c

olo

red d

olom

ite a

nd l

imes

tone

ha

ve

seco

ndar

y ca

lcite

and

iro

n st

ain

alo

ng f

ract

ure

s.

Gra

y, fissile

shal

e str

ikes

N.

20 W

. an

d di

ps

30°

SW.

A n

ort

h-t

ren

din

g q

uart

z ve

in th

at

is

2.0

ft

thic

k is

part

ly

expo

sed

for

55 f

t.

A 2

2-f

t-lo

ng

tr

ench

with

a

cave

d 13-f

t-deep

shaft a

nd a

pit

com

pose

the

up

per

wor

king

s.

The

low

er w

orki

ng is

a

pit.

Dis

tanc

e be

twee

n th

e up

per

and

low

er

wor

king

s is

800

ft.

The

wor

king

s ar

e no

t on

th

e s

ame

vein

.

One

pit.

A 25

1-ft

-lon

g adit i

s the

long

est

of s

ix a

dits t

otal

ling

485 f

t of

underground d

evelopment

and

three

small

pits

.

A small

pit.

Two

pits.

A select s

ampl

e fr

om t

he s

haft a

rea

had

4.6

oz si

lver

per

ton

and

5.6

5 pe

rcent

lead

. Quartz f

rom

the

nearby pi

t co

ntai

ned

no significant

values.

A select s

ampl

e fr

om t

he lower

working

cont

aine

d 1.

6 oz

si

lver

per

ton

and

1.3

pe

rcen

t le

ad.

One

chip

sample c

onta

ined

no

significant

metal

valu

es.

Of 4

4 samples, nine c

onta

ined

mor

e than

1 oz s

ilver

per

ton

and

1 pe

rcen

t lead

or z

inc.

Higher g

rade

concentrations

of

mine

rals

are

err

atic

ally

distributed

in

thin

, di

scontinuous

quartz v

einl

ets

and

in b

lebs

or

pods

. Th

e ap

pare

nt o

verall

aver

age

grade

is t

oo l

ow t

o co

nsti

tute

a

reso

urce

.

One

grab sample c

onta

ined

no

sign

ific

ant

valu

es.

Of tw

o random c

hip

samples; on

ly o

ne

cont

aine

d trace

of g

old

and

0.2

oz s

ilve

r pe

r to

n.

Table 2. Summary o

f mines

and

pros

pect

s in

the A

ndre

ws M

ount

ain,

Ma

zour

ka,

and

Paiute Roadless A

reas Continued

Map

no.

Name

Summ

ary

Work

ings

and

prod

ucti

onResource/sample

data

136

Silv

er P

rincess

Discontinuous

fissure-fi

llin

g veins

are

present

in

Nos. 1-427limestone a

nd d

olomite

alon

g a major

east

-tre

ndin

g (N

ancy

(TanEs)

thru

st f

ault

, which

is a

s th

ick

as 4

0 ft a

nd p

artly

exposed

for

over

2 m

i alon

g st

rike

. The

veins

are

generally

less t

han

10 f

t long a

nd a

s th

ick

as 1.5

ft.

Intergrown c

ubic galena a

nd sp

hale

rite

are

present

as b

lebs a

nd s

treaks in

the q

uart

z, bu

t also

form

solid,

mass

ive-

sulf

ide

veins

and

pods

.

137

Thre

e Fing

ers

Random d

iscontinuous,

north-trending q

uartz

vein

s 0.

7 to 1

.6 f

t thick

are

in slate.

Limo

nite

- stained

quartz h

as b

lebs o

f euhedral galena a

nd

spha

leri

te.

138

Good E

noug

h A

gray

shale

is l

ocally

spe

ckle

d wi

th 1

- to 2

-in.

diameter l

imonite

pseudo

morp

hs a

fter p

yrit

e.

Over

burd

en o

bscu

res

in-p

lace q

uart

z.

139

K.I.F.S.

Vein q

uartz

float

as t

hick

as

1.0

ft i

n shale.

140

Luck

y Stri

ke

Massive

limom'te-stained

quartz

veins, w

hich a

re

0.7

to 1

.6 f

t th

ick

penetr

ate

fiss

ile

slate.

Two

pits and

one

adit w

ith

325

ft o

f wo

rkin

gs.

Prod

ucti

on

tota

lled

at

least

233

oz

of si

lver

, 12

Ib

of

copper,

and

13,951 Ib

lead

(U.S.

Bure

au

of M

ines pr

oduc

tion

rec

ords

).

Two

pits

, a 20

-ft-

long

trench t

rending

northeast,

and

a 19

-ft-

long

inc

line

d adit t

rending

north.

One

trench 11

ft l

ong

by

4 ft w

ide,

and

2 ft d

eep

trends S

. 22°

E. and

one

trench 13

ft

long

, 4

ft

wide,

and

2 ft d

eep

tren

ds S

. 65°

E.

Two

shallow

pits

.

One

6.5-

ft d

iameter,

6.5-ft-deep

pit.

Twenty-eight s

ampl

es w

ere

take

n.

Underground

workings e

xposed m

iner

aliz

ed

quartz v

eins

in

an a

rea

30 f

t thick, 50

ft w

ide, an

d 12

0 ft l

ong.

If

the

veins

cons

titu

te 10

per

cent

of

the

total

rock

, th

en 3

,000

tons

of v

ein

material average

1.3

oz s

ilve

r pe

r ton, 4.

1 pe

rcen

t le

ad,

and

1.8

perc

ent

zinc

.

Thre

e chip a

nd f

our

grab

samples

of

quar

tz w

ere

taken.

Chip

samples

from

th

e ad

it h

ad f

rom

a tr

ace

to 1.

6 oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

0.11

to 8

per

cent

lea

d,

and

0.12

to

0.27

percent z

inc.

On

e se

lect

sample

of q

uart

z fr

om d

umps

had

5.

6 pe

rcen

t le

ad.

Two

grab s

ampl

es o

f ga

lena-bearing

quar

tz f

rom

stoc

kpil

es a

t bo

th t

renc

hes

had

copper v

alues

of 0

.04

and

12 p

ercent;

zinc v

alues

aver

aged

1.15

percent.

One

sample h

ad 1

8.8

oz s

ilve

r pe

r to

n.

Thre

e samples

of q

uartz

cont

aine

d no

significant

values.

Two

chip

samples h

ad 0

.01

and

0.56

perc

ent

lead

. A

grab s

ampl

e of

quartz

had

1.4

oz s

ilve

r pe

r to

n an

d 6

perc

ent

lead

.

Table 2.

Sum

mary

of

mines

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndre

ws M

ount

ain,

Maz

ourk

a, and

Paiu

te R

oadl

ess

Areas Continued

Map

no.

Name

Summary

Work

ings

and

production

Resource/sample

data

141

Opal

mine

2JFractures

filled w

ith

quartz f

orm

irregular,

discontinuous

veins

and

pods in

a 160- b

y 340-ft

area

of

thin

ly b

edded

slate.

Mass

ive

and

cubi

c ga

lena

wit

h minor

amounts

of s

phal

erit

e and

pyri

te a

re u

nevenly

distributed

in t

he q

uart

z.

142

Silv

er S

pur

2/

Two

para

llel

qu

artz

vei

ns 3

60 f

t and

150

ft

(Daisy)

long a

nd f

rom

2 to 6

ft

thic

k fo

llow

bedding

plan

es in c

alcareous

fiss

ile

slat

e and

interbedded

limestone.

Cubic

masses o

r streaks

of g

alena

and

pyrite a

s mu

ch^a

s 4

in.

wide

by

6 in

. long a

re

found

in some p

arts o

f the

veins.

143

Jean A

pex

A 50

-ft2

are

a of

inter

bedd

ed s

hale

and d

olom

ite

adja

cent

to

quar

tz m

onzo

nite

was

sus

pect

ed b

y the

owner

to c

onta

in u

rani

um m

inerals.

No a

noma

lous

radioactivity

was

found.

144

Squa

w Flat

Olde

r al

luvi

um c

onsi

sts

of u

ncon

soli

date

d decomposed

(placer)

quar

tz m

onzonite.

Elev

en p

its,

th

ree

adit

s to

tall

ing

220

ft o

f un

derg

roun

d workin

gs,

and

three

shafts 14

, 28

, an

d 43

ft d

eep.

Five in

clin

ed s

hafts

from 1

0 to

40 f

t deep a

nd f

ive

small

pits

. U.S. Bu

reau

of

Mine

s produc

tion

records

are

incomplete,

but

at

leas

t 74 o

z of

silver, 854

Ib

lead

, and

0.8

oz g

old

have

been

produced.

None

.

Seve

n bu

lldo

zer

trenches 4

0 to

200

ft l

ong

and

a 10

-ft-

diam

eter

pit.

Assay

results

of 3

7 sa

mple

s in

dica

te t

hat

silv

er,

lead

, an

d zinc a

re e

rratically

dist

ribu

ted;

only e

ight

samples c

onta

ined

more t

han

1 oz

silver

per

ton.

Th

e largest

vein is 4

8 ft l

ong,

av

erag

es

2.5

ft t

hick

, an

d co

ntai

ns 2

40 t

ons

of

indi

cate

d an

d in

ferr

ed s

ubec

onom

ic

reso

urce

s.

The

aver

age

grad

e is 2

.86

oz

silver p

er t

on a

nd 4

.59

perc

ent

lead

.

Twenty-eight s

ampl

es w

ere

coll

ecte

d.

Approximately

30 t

ons

of min

eral

ized

quartz a

re s

tock

pile

d an

d mixed

in t

he

dump

s.

Sample r

esults fo

r this m

aterial

rang

ed f

rom

2 to 5

oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

3 to

14

perc

ent

lead

, an

d 2

to 4

per

cent

zi

nc.

At o

ne i

ncli

ned

shaft

7 to

ns o

f vein q

uart

z av

erag

es 18

.1 p

erce

nt l

ead,

2.

6 pe

rcen

t zinc,

and

1.2

oz s

ilver

per

ton.

One

rand

om c

hip

samp

le;

no

uran

ium

dete

cted

.

Eigh

t ra

ndom

grab

samp

les

cont

aine

d no

significant

valu

es.

Table 2. Summary o

f mines

and

prospects

in t

he A

ndre

ws M

ount

ain,

Mazourka, and

Paiute R

oadl

ess

Areas Continued

Map

no.

Name

Summar

yWo

rkin

gs a

nd

prod

ucti

onResource/sample

data

145

Luck

y Jo

seph

ine

Discontinuous

fissure-fill

ing

quartz v

eins r

ange

in

No. 10length fr

om 1

0 to 4

00 f

t, w

ith

thicknesses

as m

uch

as 5

ft.

The

veins

are

pres

ent

in a

n al

tera

tion

zo

ne o

f tactite

and

hornfels t

hat

is a

t least

120

ft wide

and

1,50

0 ft

long.

The metamorphic

rocks

resu

lted

fro

m th

e Cr

etaceous intrusion

of a

gr

anit

ic

plut

on into c

arbo

nate

and c

lastic ro

cks

of C

ambr

ian

age.

Mine

rali

zati

on p

rodu

ced

pyrite,

limonite,

and

trac

es o

f disseminated g

alena

in t

he q

uartz

veins.

146

Inyo

Que

en

A northeast-striking s

hear z

one

averages 5

ftNos. 1 In

d 2

thick

and

dips

50°

to

70°

SE.

in a

qua

rtz

monz

onit

e intrusive.

The

zone,

whic

h is

partly

expo

sed

in

the

adit

s fo

r 17

0 ft

vertically

and

172

ft

hori

zont

ally

, is c

ompo

sed

of a

lter

ed q

uartz

monzonite

and

limonite-stained v

ein

quar

tz.

The

vein r

anges

from l

ess

than 0

.1 f

t to a

ppro

xima

tely

7

ft t

hick

and

con

tain

s sporadic is

olat

ed

conc

entr

atio

ns o

f ga

lena,

pyri

te,

and

poss

ibly

bo

rnit

e.

Cavi

ties

contain

cle

ar q

uartz

crys

tals

as l

ong

as 5

in

.

147

Independence

Irre

gula

r, di

scon

tinu

ous

shea

r zo

nes

are

composed o

f claimslimestone f

ragm

ents

, go

uge, and

quartz v

eins.

Most

ve

ins

are

1 to

3 in

. th

ick

with

pod

s as t

hick a

s 3.5

ft.

Oxid

ized

pyr

ite

cube

s and

bleb

s of g

alena

and malachite

stain

are

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

quar

tz.

Five p

its

and

tren

ches

as

long

as

20 f

t, three

adit

s 35

, 43,

and

440

ft l

ong, and

a 70

-ft-

deep

in

clin

ed s

haft a

re o

n the

property.

Thre

e adits

have a

total of 2

42 f

t of workings.

Foundations

and

some

mach

iner

y remain a

t a

nearby

mi 11

sit

e.

Ther

e are

four a

dits,

10,

40,

75,

and

210

ft l

ong, two

cave

d ad

its

and

thre

e pi

ts.

Of 4

2 samples

coll

ecte

d fr

om t

he

prop

erty

, va

lues

are

as

much

as

4.0

oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

3.15

per

cent

lea

d, 0.

9 pe

rcen

t co

pper

, an

d 0.

23 p

erce

nt

molybdenum d

isulfide.

Howe

ver,

th

e ma

jori

ty o

f values a

re c

onsiderably

below

thes

e.

Sixt

een

samp

les were c

olle

cted

fro

m this

prop

erty

. Fi

ve o

f th

e 13

sam

ples

from

shear

zones

had

0.2

to 0

.9 o

z si

lver

pe

r to

n an

d 0.05 t

o 1.

3 pe

rcen

t le

ad.

One

of t

he t

hree

sel

ect

samp

les

from

th

e du

mps

cont

aine

d 0.

4 oz s

ilver

per

ton

and

1.5

perc

ent

lead

. So

me s

ampl

es

were

also

anal

yzed

for

cop

per,

zinc,

and

tung

sten

; an

omal

ous

valu

es a

bove

ba

ckground l

evel

s we

re n

ot d

etec

ted.

Lo

w-gr

ade

lead a

nd s

ilve

r ar

e pr

esen

t in sp

orad

ic is

olat

ed c

once

ntra

tion

s.

Sixt

een

chip

, fi

ve s

elec

t, an

d tw

o gr

ab

samples

were

tak

en f

rom

shea

r zones

and

quartz v

eins

. A

samp

le o

f galena-bearing

quar

tz c

olle

cted

fro

m a

stoc

kpil

e ha

d 7.

8 oz

silver

per

ton

and

50.5 p

erce

nt

lead.

Four o

ther samples

cont

aine

d mo

re t

han

1 oz

sil

ver

or 1 pe

rcen

t lead.

Two

samp

les

cont

aine

d an

omal

ous

amou

nts

of m

olyb

denu

m.

Table

2.--Summary

of m

ines

and p

rospects in

the

Andr

ews

Moun

tain

, Ma

zour

ka,

and

Paiute R

oadless

Areas Continued

Map

no.

Name

Summ

ary

Work

ings

and

prod

ucti

onResource/sample

data

148

Inyo

Kin

g A

6- to

8-f

t-th

ick

quar

tz v

ein

strikes

N. 65°

E.

and

dips 5

4° S

E. in h

ornf

els.

Mi

nor

amounts

of

disseminated g

alena

are

in t

he iron-stained q

uartz.

The

vein

is

expo

sed

only

underground,

and

its

length

coul

d no

t be

measured.

149

Inyo

Que

en

A resistant, siliceous, limonite-rich, and

No.

2 brecciated q

uart

z lens a

bout

10

ft t

hick

and

30 f

t long o

ccup

ies

part

of

a sheared

limestone-shale

and

quar

tzit

e co

ntac

t.

The

adit r

evea

ls t

hat

the

structure

is sh

allo

w.

A smaller

segm

ent

of t

he

lens

has

been

offset a

bout

30

ft e

ast

of t

he p

ortal

of t

he main

workings.

150

Vall

ey V

iew

Brow

n cr

ysta

llin

e limest

one

is c

ut b

y a

3- t

o 3.5-

ft-wide

shear

zone

tha

t st

rike

s N.

62°

W. and

dips

80°

SW.

The

zone

is

fill

ed w

ith

limo

niti

c al

tere

d limestone, m

inor a

mounts

of

calc

ite

vein

lets

, and

highly i

ron-

stai

ned

quar

tz.

Over

burd

en c

overs

poss

ible

extensions

of t

he s

tructure.

151

Pick Up

A

short

near

-ver

tica

l cr

oss

section

of a

N.

30°

E.-

trending s

hear z

one

is e

xpos

ed a

t the

base o

f a

buff-

colo

red

lime

ston

e cl

iff.

The

1.5- t

o 3.

3-ft

-thi

ck

shear

zone i

s composed o

f br

ecci

ated

country r

ock

and

goug

e.

152

Custer (

Baxt

er)

Alte

red

black

hornfels,

shale, and

quartz m

onzonite

in a

contact z

one

4 to 6

ft

thick, st

rike

s N. 40°

E.,

and

dips

40°

NW

. (Tuc

ker

and

Samp

son,

19

38,

p.

435)

. Si

lice

ous

limonite

and 2

-in.-thick q

uart

z-

vein m

ater

ial

pres

ent

in a

2-

or 3

-ton s

tock

pile

at

the

portal

of a

caved

adi

t.

A 17

-ft-

long

cro

sscu

t adit.

A 17

-ft-

long

adit

and

a 18

5-ft

-lon

g adit w

ith

100

ft o

f dr

ifts

.

One

6-ft

-dee

p pit.

One

19-ft

cut

that e

xten

ds

partly underground.

Two

accessible a

dits a

re 5

and

22

ft

long.

A caved

adit w

as

driven into the

cont

act

zone a

nd

is r

epor

ted

to b

e 100

ft l

ong

(Goodwin,

1957

, p.

43

5).

Remn

ants

of

a gravity

tram

system e

xist.

U.S. Bureau o

f Mines

records

indi

cate

34

tons

of o

re h

ave

been pr

oduc

ed,

yielding 9

2.2

oz g

old, 1,266

oz si

lver

, 2,351

Ib c

opper,

and

23,866 Ib

lea

d.

A ch

ip sa

mple

fro

m ac

ross

the

vein

and

quartz in

the

dum

p each h

ad 0

.6 o

z silver p

er t

on,

a tr

ace

of g

old

per

ton, 0.60 a

nd 0

.78

perc

ent

lead,

and

0.02

and

0.1

3 pe

rcen

t WO

s-

Two

chip sa

mple

s fr

om s

ilic

eous

li

moni

te i

n th

e ma

in w

orking a

ssayed 0

.7

and

4.0

oz silver p

er t

on.

Of n

ine

othe

r sa

mple

s fr

om t

he s

hear z

one

and

country

rock

, four yie

lded

traces

of g

old,

si

lver

, copper,

or l

ead.

A chip sa

mple

fro

m th

e sh

ear

zone

and

a

grab

sample f

rom

the

dump

con

tain

ed n

o significant

valu

es.

Two

samp

les

had

0.1

oz g

old

per

ton.

Five

samples w

ere

collected.

Two

select

samp

les

from

sto

ckpi

les

cont

aine

d 0.02

and

0.20 o

z go

ld p

er t

on,

6.6

and

8.9

oz

silv

er p

er t

on,

2.4

and

20.4

per

cent

co

pper

, an

d 7.

2 an

d 5.

8 pe

rcen

t lead.

The

thre

e chip s

ampl

es c

onta

ined

traces

of g

old,

silver,

lead

, an

d co

pper

.

Tabl

e 2. Summary

of min

es a

nd p

rosp

ects

in

the

Andrews

Mountain,

Mazourka,

and

Paiu

te R

oadl

ess Ar

eas

Cont

inue

d

Map

no.

Name

Summ

ary

Work

ings

and

production

Reso

urce

/sam

ple

data

153

154

Bla

ck J

acka

ss

155

Gre

en M

onst

er

156

Goo

dvie

w

157

Mou

ntai

n V

iew

158

Arr

oyo

grou

p

A 2-

to

7-f

t-th

ick w

hite

qua

rtz

vein

in

a pr

edom

inan

tly c

arbo

nate

cou

ntry

roc

k is

exp

osed

fo

r 1,

650

ft s

trik

es a

ppro

xim

atel

y N

. 60

° W

. an

d di

ps 5

0°

to 6

5° S

W.

The

vein

is

15

ft,

loca

lly

frac

ture

d,

has

min

or a

mou

nts

of g

alen

a,

chal

copy

rite

, an

d bo

rnit

e w

ith s

econ

dary

iro

n an

d co

pper

sta

ins

alon

g fr

actu

red

surf

aces

.

Qua

rtzi

te,

shal

e,

and

lim

esto

ne b

eds

stri

ke

75°

to 8

5° H

E.

and

dip

stee

ply

to t

he n

orth

wes

t. Ir

on-

and

copp

er-s

tain

ed a

lter

ed a

reas

and

sm

all

quar

tz-e

pido

te t

acti

te b

odie

s pr

esen

t al

ong

som

e ar

eas

of c

onta

ct b

etw

een

the

sedi

men

tary

roc

ks

and

quar

tz m

onzo

nite

in

tru

siv

e.

A th

in z

one

of m

agne

tite

and

epi

dote

is

pres

ent

alon

g a

cher

ty l

imes

tone

-qua

rtz

and

mon

zoni

te

cont

act.

Iron

- an

d m

anga

nese

-sta

ined

qua

rtz-

vein

flo

at i

n qu

artz

mon

zoni

te.

Hig

hly

frac

ture

d gr

ay l

imes

tone

str

ikes

to

the

nort

h w

ith a

55°

to

83°

E.

dip.

So

me

beds

are

lo

call

y r

ecry

stal

lize

d w

ith c

alci

te v

eins

and

vei

nle

ts,

and

2- o

r 3

-in

.-th

ick

fr

actu

res

are

fill

ed b

y go

uge.

Bed

ding

-pla

ne s

hear

zon

es l

ess

than

1 ft

thi

ck

cont

ain

frac

ture

d li

mes

tone

, se

cond

ary

calc

ite,

si

der

ite,

qu

artz

vei

nle

ts,

and

heav

y li

mon

ite

stai

nin

g.

The

prop

erty

has

20

adit

s ra

ngin

g fr

om 2

to

220

ft l

ong

and

20 p

its

and

tren

ches

. T

otal

un

derg

roun

d de

velo

pmen

t is

1,

500

ft.

Two

pit

s an

d a

13-f

t-lo

ng o

pen

cut

lead

to

a 10

-ft-

long

adit

.

A 14-f

t-lo

ng t

rench

.

One

pit.

A 45

-ft-

long

ad

it a

nd a

sm

all

pit

.

thre

e ad

its

32,

40,

and

60 f

t lo

ng a

nd n

ine

pit

s.

A 22

0-ft

-lon

g m

iner

aliz

ed p

art

of t

he

1,65

0-ft

-lon

g qu

artz

vei

n co

ntai

ns a

n es

tim

ated

2,8

00 t

ons

of i

nfer

red

sube

cono

mic

res

ourc

es w

ith a

wei

ghte

d av

erag

e gr

ade

of 5

.38

oz s

ilver

per

ton

, 7.

48°p

erce

nt l

ead,

and

0.1

9 pe

rcen

t co

pper

. W

arin

g an

d H

ugue

nin

(191

9,

p.

117)

re

port

ed t

hat

th

is p

rope

rty

had

mol

ybde

num

; ho

wev

er,

no m

olyb

denu

m

was

det

ecte

d fn

our

sam

ples

.

Thr

ee c

hip

sam

ples

tak

en f

rom

int

ense

ly

alte

red

con

tact

are

a sh

ow a

tra

ce o

f go

ld,

as m

uch

as 0

.2 o

z si

lver

per

ton

, an

d fr

om 0

.01

to 0

.20

perc

ent

copp

er.

A du

mp

sam

ple

cont

aine

d si

mil

ar v

alue

s.

A gr

ab s

ampl

e of

roc

k fr

om t

he c

onta

ct

area

con

tain

ed a

tra

ce o

f go

ld a

nd 0

.1

oz s

ilver

per

ton

.

One

gra

ta s

ampl

e ha

d 0.

01

oz g

old

per

ton

and

0.04

per

cent

cop

per.

Thr

ee c

hip

sam

ples

and

one

gra

b sa

mpl

e ea

ch c

onta

ined

tra

ces

of g

old

and

copp

er.

Ten

chip

and

sev

en g

rab

sam

ples

wer

e ta

ken.

A

chip

sam

ple

from

acr

oss

a sh

ear

zone

con

tain

ed a

tra

ce o

f go

ld

and

0.6

oz s

ilver

per

ton

. Tw

o gr

ab

sam

ples

fro

m w

aste

dum

ps o

f tw

o pit

s as

saye

d 1.

9 an

d 0.

8 oz

sil

ver

per

ton

an

d a

trac

e of

gol

d ea

ch.

Tab

le

2.

Su

mm

ary

of

min

es

and

pro

spect

s in

th

e

And

rew

s M

ou

nta

in,

Maz

ourk

a,

and

Paiu

te

Roa

dles

s A

rea

s C

on

tinu

ed

Map

no

.Na

meSu

mm

ary

Wor

king

s an

d p

rod

uct

ion

Res

ourc

e/sa

mpl

e da

ta

159

Silv

er

Dolla

r N

os.

1-5

160

Den

nis

Jr.

m

ine

(Onw

ard

nos,

1

-6)

Dis

con

tinu

ou

s,

fau

lte

d,

we

st-

and

nort

h-t

rendin

g

shea

r zo

nes

are

in

a g

ray-

blu

e

lime

sto

ne

0

.4

to

1.0

ft th

ick.

She

ars

are

com

pose

d of

limonite

and

goug

e an

d tr

ace

s of

chry

soco

lla

sta

in

on

fra

ctu

res.

A 250-f

t-lo

ng,

10-

to 3

0-f

t-th

ick silic

ifie

d

shea

r zo

ne

grad

es in

to

a 140-f

t-lo

ng,

10

-ft-

th

ick ta

ctite

zo

ne.

The

shea

r zo

ne

is

dom

inat

ed

by ja

sp

ero

id lim

onite w

ith

acco

mpa

nyin

g fr

actu

re-

fillin

g lim

onite

and

pyro

lusite.

One

bo

dy of

jasp

ero

id lim

onite is

ex

pose

d fo

r 60

ft

and

is

1 to

8

ft th

ick.

The

tactite

is

main

ly fin

e-

to

coa

rse

-gra

ine

d,

gree

n gro

ssula

n'te

g

arn

et

with

m

inor

seco

ndar

y calc

ite.

Th

is

str

uctu

re lie

s

betw

een

nearly

vert

ical

beds

of

lime

sto

ne

an

d sh

ale

a

dja

cen

t to

a

gra

nitic

plu

ton.

Fiv

e pits

ave

ragin

g

7 by

11

ft

, on

e ca

ved

adit.

A 2

0-f

t op

en

cut

lea

ds

to

a 37

- ft-d

eep sh

aft

and

a

65-f

t-lo

ng

adit.

Oth

er

wo

rkin

gs

incl

ude

a ca

ved

adit a

nd five

shallo

w p

its.

Sev

en ch

ip

sam

ples

an

d on

e gr

ab

sam

ple

from

th

e sh

ear

zone

s co

nta

ined

from

a

trace

to

0

.6

oz silver

per

ton.

Gol

d an

d co

pper

va

lues

wer

e in

sig

nific

an

t.

Ele

ven

ch

ip,

one

gra

b,

and

two

se

lect

sam

ples

w

ere

take

n.

Gol

d va

lue

s ra

nged

fr

om

a tr

ace

to

0.

07

oz

per

ton,

and

one

sam

ple

had

0.1

perc

ent

cop

pe

r.

The

sam

ples

co

nta

ine

d

no

W03

-

II

The

thre

e

num

bers

in

pa

rent

hese

s be

low

"u

nkno

wn"

na

me

refe

r to

se

ctio

n,

tow

nsh

ip,

and

range,

with

re

spe

ct to

th

e

Mou

nt D

iablo

B

ase

and

Meridia

n.

2J

This

p

rop

ert

y w

ould

not

retu

rn

enou

gh

reve

nue

to

be cla

ssifie

d

as

a su

beco

nom

ic

reso

urc

e,

base

d on

hyp

oth

etic

al

pro

du

ctio

n

cost

s fo

r th

is

deposi

t alo

ne.

How

ever

, it is

fa

vora

bly

lo

cate

d fo

r p

oss

ible

co

nso

lidate

d

deve

lopm

ent

with

oth

er

de

po

sits

an

d,

view

ed collectively

, th

ey

rep

rese

nt

reso

urc

es.