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Constellation

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028589
MRDS ID M005645
Record type Site
Current site name Constellation
Alternate or previous names Borger, Constitution, San Francisco
Related records 10284242

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87602, 38.2263 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH OF PENN MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 010E 03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Analytical data

Result 3 % CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87602, 38.2263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 47.35HA
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMS; METEOR, CONSTELLATION, WEST CONSTELLATION, AND CONSTELLATION PLACER. SHAFT ON CONSTELLATION OF 400 FT., ANOTHER SHAFT 50 FT. DEEP SOUTH OF CONSTELLATION CUT VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 219

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , CALAVERAS COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR, P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIAMOND-DRILLED IN 1943 BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. NOTHING FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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