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Palisade Mine Grigsby

Producer in Napa county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031661
MRDS ID M010808
Record type Site
Current site name Palisade Mine Grigsby

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47189, 38.61877 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position NE1/4 SEC. . 3 MI. N. OF CALISTOGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N 07W 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47189, 38.61877
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Banner Development Co., V. C. Harrison

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED IN 1929 AND 1930, ALSO FOR A SHORT PERIOD IN 1931. OPERATED AGAIN BETWEEN 1935 AND 1941; CLOSED IN AUGUST 1941. PRODUCTION RECORDED FOR 1888-90, 1925-41 (INTERMITTENT) OVER 1,300,000 OZ. SILVER, 10,000 OZ. GOLD, 60,000 LB. COPPER, MINOR LEAD.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, LEVELS, WINZES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V. 44, NO. 2, APRIL 1948, PP. 183-4

  • Deposit

    REPT. 25, 1929, PP. 237-8

  • Deposit

    BULL. 173, 1956, P. 179; ADD. REF.: J. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, JULY-OCT 1957, P. 572-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY "BETTER THAN $10 PER TON" IN GOLD AND SILVER. CRYSTALS OF GYPSUM HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS MINE. ORE ALSO CONTAINS A TRACE OF CINNABAR. IC8252 P. 185. GENERALLY FLAT LYING ANDESITIC FLOWS AND PYROCLASTICS THAT HAVE BEEN FAULTED, FRACTURED AND ALTERED. ALSO CALLED GRIGSBY. ORE MINERALS: CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, ARGENTITE, POLYBASITE, GALENA, CINNABAR. REF.: GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE CALISTOGA DISTRICT, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: M.A. THESIS U.C. BERKELY. (WILLIAM H. CRUTCHFIELD)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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