Edna

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028601
MRDS ID M005666
Record type Site
Current site name Edna
Related records 10162526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85185, 38.21797 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 2 MI. NW OF VALLEY SPRINGS ON N. SLOPE TABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(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)

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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 010E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Veins Capped By Massive Iron Gossans

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85185, 38.21797

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gossans Carry Gold And Silver

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.499HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT ON W VEIN 150-FT ADIT ON E VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 307

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF MIN. BUR. P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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