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Oleta

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028286
MRDS ID M005179
Record type Site
Current site name Oleta
Alternate or previous names Smith - Vincent
Related records 10162796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76269, 38.50823 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position NE 1/4. LOCATED ABOUT A MILE NE OF OLETA (FIDDLETOWN) NEAR THE FAIRPLAY ROAD. (COULD THIS BE THE "GOLDEN TREASURE" MINE SHOWN IN THE SE 1/4 SEC. 27, NEAR THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN SEC. 27 AND 34 - SEE CARD)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(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 008N 011E 34 California

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 > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76269, 38.50823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 2.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN SAID TO BE 2 1/2 TO 7 1/2 FT. THICK

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 C. D. Crane, Et Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 300 FT, DRIFTS 230 FT; SOME ACTIVITY IN MIDDLE 1920'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 194

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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