Pathfinder Mine

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028258
MRDS ID M005131
Record type Site
Current site name Pathfinder Mine
Related records 10235634

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81546, 38.33601 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 NW 1/4

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 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81546, 38.33601

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN CALAVERAS FARM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY SHOWN ON PL. 2, GUIDEBOOK, ANNUAL FIELD TRIP, GEOLOGY SHOWN ON PL. 2, GUIDEBOOK, ANNUAL FIELD TRIP, GEOL. SOC. OF SACRAMENTO, APRIL, 1958, E. SIDE SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHER LODE AREA, CALIF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.