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Newman

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028367
MRDS ID M005296
Record type Site
Current site name Newman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54, 38.42348 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF WEST POINT POWER HOUSE ON THE MOKELUMNE RIVER.

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 013E 33 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) -120.54, 38.42348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 90
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 10 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1928 - 1933

Mining district

District name East Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Gas And Electric Co.
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • OUTCROPS WORKED SUPERFICIALLY IN EARLY DAYS BY CHINESE AND MEXICANS. PROPERTY LOCATED AND PATENTED IN 1928 AND OPERATED UNTIL 1933. A TOTAL OF $160,000 HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE MINE BY END OF 1933 WHEN MINE WAS CLOSED

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 1400 FT, WINZE 200 FT, STOPED TO SURFACE

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. 187, 254 Plate 1.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 175

  • Production

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF

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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