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Marklee

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028299
MRDS ID M005197
Record type Site
Current site name Marklee
Alternate or previous names Markley, Alturas
Related records 10114157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.5999, 38.49434 (WGS84)
Elevation 920
Relative position 5 MILES N OF VOLCANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(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 007N 012E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result INITIAL ORE ASSAYED AT $ 60 / TON BUT ONLY $ 30 / TON WAS RECOVERED DUE TO LACK OF TECHNOLOGY TO PROCESS SULFIDES.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.5999, 38.49434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 60 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marklee Mining Co.
    Home office C/O T. C. Malloy

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1868-69; SOME WORK DONE 1924-26 BUT APPARENTLY EFFORTS DID NOT LOCATE THE ORE EXPECTED AND THE WORK WAS STOPPED AND MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE. HOLDINGS OF 80 ACRES

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 500 FT., DRIFT 800 FT.; MINE OPENED 1868

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. 251

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 74

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 172 - 173

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

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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