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Tierakoff

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. 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 10028363
MRDS ID M005290
Record type Site
Current site name Tierakoff
Related records 10211748

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56823, 38.41935 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE MOKELUMNE RIVER 2 1/2 MILES N.W. OF WEST POINT.

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 013E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56823, 38.41935
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OCCASSIONAL TRANSISIONS BETWEEN DIORITE AND ALTERED SCHIST OCCUR HERE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Marchand

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 400 FT TO VEIN, DRIFTS 500 FT., SECOND ADIT 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 92

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 196

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE INCLUDES BADGER, GOLDEN EAGLE, AND LUCKY GIRL CLAIMS.

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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