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Good Hope

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028251
MRDS ID M005123
Record type Site
Current site name Good Hope
Related records 10138665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76851, 38.3424 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position IN JACKSON

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 006N 011E 28 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76851, 38.3424
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD IN QUARTZ VEIN AND SEAMS IN SLATE.

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 C. P. Vicini, Et Al, Good Hope Mining Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 125 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 71

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 190

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION 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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