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Lost Cabin

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10006807
MRDS ID C004725
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Cabin
Alternate or previous names Woods Lake
Related records 10187054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.01489, 38.68185 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI SE FROM CAPLES LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caples Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Eldorado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 018E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. W 1/2 . RIDGE W OF WOODS LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.01489, 38.68185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip VERT
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 VEINS A FEW FT APART, VERT DIP. 3RD VEIN FLAT DIPPING CONSIDERABLE ASSOCIATED FAULT GAUGE. COUNTRY ROCK RANGES FROM MEDIUM GRAINED QUARTZ DIORITE TO HARD FINE-GRAINED DIORITE. COARSE GRAINED QTZ DIORITE CROPS OUT TO N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 3383g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 71wt-pct
  • Year 1934
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 5336g/mt
  • Year 1936
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 32662g/mt
  • Year 1938
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 40g/mt
  • Year 1939
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4303g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 121g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • MODERATE ACTIVITY IN 1920S AND 1930S. INTERMITTANTLY PROSPECTED SINCE THEN WITH LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • 700 FT ADIT, DRIFTS, & SHALLOW WINZE NEAR PORTAL. FLAT VEIN ALSO WORKED W ADIT. WORKINGS PARTLY ACCESSIBLE IN 1965 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT. NO. 8 , P. 30 , 31

  • Production

    CLARK, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, PARALLEL, 3RD VEIN FLAT DIPPING
Deposit 1932 - 1962 , LEASED & OPERATED BY CLYDE MAILSKE OF JACKSON, CA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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