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Pocahontas

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 10028163
MRDS ID M005001
Record type Site
Current site name Pocahontas
Related records 10114742

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8363, 38.45323 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES E. OF DRYTOWN

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 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 007N 010E 23,24 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SEC. 23 AND PARTLY IN NW 1/4 SEC. 24 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8363, 38.45323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THREE VEINS, ONE ESPECIALLY DISTINGUISHABLE ON SURFACE FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF CLAIM 6 TO 20 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Detert, W. F. (Estate)
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • A MILL WAS ERECTED IN 1898 AND FIRST BULLION WAS SHIPPED IN FEB. 1899 - LAST OPERATED IN 1900. CLAIM OF 10.25 ACRES

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS; VERTICAL SHAFT 620 FT. WITH 6 LEVELS INCLUDING OVER 1000 FT. OF CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 256 - 257

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 122 - 123

  • Deposit

    STORM, E.M., 1900 , THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 83

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE INCLUDES 3 CLAIMS: POCAHONTAS, EDSON, AND CALIFORNIA

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

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