Tecumseh

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028625
MRDS ID M005710
Record type Site
Current site name Tecumseh
Related records 10260248

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7199, 37.94908 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 5 MI SW OF COPPEROPOLIS 2 MI NE TELEGRAPH CITY IN TEXAS GULCH PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Joaquin River(hydrologic unit)

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 001N 011E 11,12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 11 ; NW 1/4 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES ABUNDANT IN VEIN & ADJACENT WALL ROCK.

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 75 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • A 5 FT. VEIN IN GREENSTONE AND TALCOSE SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER CEMENT MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AFTER 1870S. ORE YIELDED $25 - $40/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. SHAFT HAD LEVELS EACH 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., & LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 184 & PL B.

  • Deposit

    KERR, M. B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, CALAVERAS CO.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., 27 P. 17

  • Production

    CLARK; 1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.