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Zeila Zeile

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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 10028253
MRDS ID M005125
Record type Site
Current site name Zeila Zeile
Alternate or previous names Zeila
Related records 10138105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76379, 38.3449 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position ON THE S.E. SIDE OF 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
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • 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) -120.76379, 38.3449
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N W
    Dip 65 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH DIORITE DIKE. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN QUARTZ STRINGERS ON CONTACT OF GREENSTONE AND SLATE-SCHIST. THE MAIN VEIN AVERAGES 20 FT. IN THICKNESS, AND IT IS COVERED BY GOUGE ON THE FOOTWALL, RANGING FROM A FEW FT. TO FIFTY FT. IN THICKNESS. HIGHEST ORE GRADES FOUND IN RIBBON-QUARTZ STRUCTURES. DIORITE DIKE 4 TO 5 FT. THICK ACCOMPANIES VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark And Frances Eudey
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1860'S AND UNTIL 1875; REOPENED IN 1880 AND OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1914; IDLE SINCE THAT TIME. THE MINE HAS PRODUCED OVER $5,000,000 IN GOLD. THE TAILINGS ARE STILL UTILIZED BY THE AMADOR COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT. COPPER PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100,000 LBS. GOLD ORE WAS LOW GRADE AVERAGING LESS THAN $4 A TON PRIOR TO 1914 .

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 65 DEGREE, 1700 FT.; ON 1570 FT. LEVEL, 3000 FT. DRIFT, NORTH FROM SHAFT WHERE WINZE FOLLOWS VEIN, 458 FT.; ON 1730 FT. LEVEL, 350 FT. DRIFT N. ON VEIN FROM WINZE; ON 1865 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 450 FT. NORTH.

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.

  • Deposit

    HANKS, H.G., 1886 , SIXTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 6 , P. 22 - 23

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 22 , 66 , 85 , 88

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 68 , 104

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS ON THIS PROPERTY INCLUDE: CONEY AND BIGELOW, BLUE JACKET; ALSO TROWBRIDGE, NUNNER AND KEENEY RANCHES. THIS MINE ON E. VEIN OF MOTHER LODE.

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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