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Fremont-Gover Inc. Loyal Lode

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028172
MRDS ID M005012
Record type Site
Current site name Fremont-Gover Inc. Loyal Lode
Alternate or previous names Gover, N. Gover, Foremont, Loyal Lode.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83185, 38.43879 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE 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 24,25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES OCCUR WITH ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite 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) -120.83185, 38.43879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Reverse Fault With 375 Ft. Displacement.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 50 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AVERAGE THICKNESS OF QUARTZ VEIN 6 FT. AND GOLD ORE PRODUCED FROM AND NEAR THE VEIN IN STRINGERS, POCKETS, AURIFEROUS GREENSTONE. SURFACE TO 170 FT. LEVEL SLATE WALLS; 170 FT. LEVEL TO 600 FT. GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL; BELOW 600 FT BOTH WALLS ARE GREENSTONE. AURIFEROUS GREENSTONE OCCURS IN ZONES UP TO 70 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1880 'S, 1890 'S, 1920 - 1923 , 1937 - 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fremont Gover Co.
    Home office C/O C. B.Braun

Comments on the production information

  • THE LOYAL LODE, PART OF THIS MINE,WORKED PRIOR TO 1867; FREMONT AND GOVER CO. FORMED IN 1872; MINE WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY VARIOUS OPERATORS UNTIL 1940. TOTAL PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $5,000,000. CLAIMS COVER 4200 FT. ALONG STRIKE OF MOTHER LODE, INC. THE FREMONT, GOVER, LOYAL LODE MINE AND MILL SITE, NORTH GOVER, BONA ESPERANZA MINE AND MILL SITE, HALF INTEREST IN BONA FORTUNA MINE AND MILL SITE AND SEVERAL PARCELS OF NON-MINERAL LAND. "GOPHER" MINE SHOWN ON USGS QUAD SUTTER CREEK, PROBABLY SHOULD BE GOVER

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 6.071HA

Comments on the workings information

  • GOVER SHAFT 2500 FT.; FREMONT SHAFT. 2950 , INCLINED 51 DEGREES. EXTENSIVE DRIFTING IN BOTH SHAFTS. GOVER MINE PRINCIPALLY WORKED INITIALLY IN LATE 1880 'S AND EARLY 1890 'S FREMONT SHAFT BEGUN IN 1903 .

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. 179 - 181 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 72 - 74

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 53 - 57

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 82 - 84 , 119

  • Production

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE PRESENTLY INCLUDES THE LOYAL LODE MINE WHICH WAS OPERATING PRIOR TO 1867 . MINE GROUP WORKED INTERMITTANTLY UNTIL 1940 . "GOPHER MINE" SHOWN ON USGS SUTTER CREEK QUADRANGLE, PROBABLY SHOULD BE GOVER.

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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