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Moore

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028259
MRDS ID M005132
Record type Site
Current site name Moore
Related records 10138350

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76045, 38.33713 (WGS84)
Elevation 343
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE S 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 33,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN SULFIDE ORE AND FREE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINS 2 % SULFIDES

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) -120.76045, 38.33713
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Reverse Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 52 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL; ORE VEIN OCCURS IN AND NEAR FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN HOST ROCKS; AT DEPTH VEIN HIGHLY FRACTURED. MAIN ORE SHOOT 1200 X 16 FT. CUT OFF AT 750 FT. DEPTH FROM FAULTING. ORE OCCURS AT DEPTH IN VEIN SEGMENTS, LENSES AND IRREGULAR ORE BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South Jackson Mining Co.
    Home office C/O J. Schweitzer

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1880'S; IDLE UNTIL 1921 WHEN REOPENED BY MOORE MNG. CO. WHO OPERATED UNTIL 1929; INTERMITTENT PROSPECTING CONTINUED UNTIL AROUND 1934 SINCE WHEN IT HAS BEEN IDLE. PRODUCTION 1922-1929 AMOUNTED TO $564,624. AT DEEPER LEVELS THE VEIN IS BADLY SHATTERED. THE MAIN ORE SHOOT WORKED DURING THE EARLY PERIOD OF OPERATION WAS 1200 FT. LONG AND AVERAGED 16 FT. IN WIDTH. IT WAS CUT OFF AT DEPTH OF 750 FT. BY FAULTING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 80.94HA

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 2291 FT., DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES. ACTIVE 1880'S AND 1921 TO 1929 ; INTERMITTANTLY OPENED 1929 - 1934 .

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. 186

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 84 - 85

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1924 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CMB REPT 20 , P. 3 , 74 , 177

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 38

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

Beyond USGS

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