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MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The golden unreserved whitethorn beryllium history, but 1 mining institution says millions of pounds of precious metals are inactive hiding successful the foothills of the Sierra.
The Canadian-based institution Blue Moon Metals has plans to excavation Mariposa County for zinc, gold, silver, and copper. On April 15, they received national approval.
The institution estimates there are astir 3.65 cardinal tons of stone with approximately:
- 436 cardinal pounds of zinc
- 54 cardinal pounds of copper
- 200,000 ounces of golden
- 5 cardinal ounces of silver
They judge different 4.43 cardinal tons of stone apt person about:
- 477 cardinal pounds of zinc
- 48 cardinal pounds of copper
- 200,000 ounces of gold
- 6 cardinal ounces of silver
Together, that's implicit $1.34 cardinal successful gold, $1.7 cardinal successful zinc, $358.6 cardinal successful silver, and astatine slightest $350 cardinal successful copper (market worth arsenic of May 23).
Construction connected the exploration passageway is expected to statesman sometime betwixt July and September astatine the Blue Moon site, astir 4.5 miles northbound of Hornitos connected BLM-managed land.
The country is portion of the archetypal California golden unreserved and was antecedently mined by Hecla Mining Company betwixt 1943 and 1945. Back then, it produced 55,656 tons grading 12.3% zinc, 0.36% copper, 0.48% lead, 3.75 oz/ton silver, and 0.062 oz/ton gold. The spot was aboriginal explored by Imperial Metals, Boliden, and Lac Minerals (now Barrick) successful the 1980s and 1990s.
Blue Moon Metals expects astir 20 jobs to beryllium created during the project's two-year exploration phase.
