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Russel

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028066
MRDS ID M004852
Record type Site
Current site name Russel
Related records 10259691

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.86241, 38.30296 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 010E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.86241, 38.30296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE DUMP OF HIGHLY MINERALIZED ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fredricks, Adrian
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D. W., AND CLARK, W. B., 1954 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF AMADOR COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 50 , NO. 1 , P. 237

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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