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Alpine Wheeler

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028097
MRDS ID M004908
Record type Site
Current site name Alpine Wheeler
Alternate or previous names Wheeler
Related records 10260136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84824, 38.48323 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position IN THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(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 007N 010E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84824, 38.48323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN TO 500 FT DEPTH, BRANCHES AS A RESULT OF A 400 FT WIDE GREENSTONE BLOCK IN THE SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alpine Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED 1860'S AND 1870'S, 1895, 1910-1914. NO IMPORTANT OREBODY FOUND AND WORKED WAS STOPPED. A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS PRODUCED IN 1895. CLAIM OF 12 ACRES. THE VEIN, CALLED THE ALPINE, MAY BE A SPUR OF THE EMPIRE VEIN OF THE PLYMOUTH MINE (SEE PLYMOUTH CONS. MINE SEC. 11)

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT 200 FT., VERTICAL SHAFT 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P 15

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT., P. 67

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 63, CLAIM SHEET 1, SEC. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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