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Live Oak

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028309
MRDS ID M005210
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak
Related records 10235248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61768, 38.46129 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES SW OF JACKSON

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 012E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61768, 38.46129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN DIPS 90 DEGREES FOR 40 FT BELOW SURFACE THEN DIPS 50 S.E. AT DEPTH; VEIN AVERAGE THICKNESS 1 TO 2 FT.; 2 ORE SHOOTS 110 , 175 FT IN LENGTH; SEPARATED BY 10 FT OF BARREN GROUND; GREENSTONE WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson (East Belt)

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 40 FT. WITH 50 DEGREE INCLINED WINZE AT BASE, 135 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 79 - 80

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 192

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLY QUARTZ CLAIMS MADE IN THE COUNTRY.

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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