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Nevada Wabash

Occurrence 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 10028215
MRDS ID M005078
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Wabash
Alternate or previous names Wabash
Related records 10284699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81213, 38.40573 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS THE NORTH STAR MINE AND IS ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF SUTTER CREEK

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 006N 011E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SECTION

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 > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81213, 38.40573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 0.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nevada Wabash Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1946 THE NEVADA WABASH MINING CO. HAD A LEASE ON THE WABASH MINE PROPERTY AND CLEANED OUT THE ADIT AND EXTENDED IT FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. THERE WAS NO PRODUCTION AND THE WORK WAS ABANDONED SOON AFTERWARD

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 420 FT

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 187

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC INFORMATION BRIEF

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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