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Stockton Hill Mine

Producer in Calaveras 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028697
MRDS ID M005838
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71712, 38.29713 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 SE1/4. ON THE STOCKTON HILL OR FRENCH HILL CHANNEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mokelumne Hill(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71712, 38.29713
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIS CHANNEL SAID TO HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED IN THE EARLY DAYS, BUT MOST OF THE OLD WORKINGS HAVE CAVED. THE GRAVEL IS TIGHT, CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE BLUE CLAY AND A NUMBER OF BOULDERS. BEDROCK IS HORNBLENDE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1903-04 AND 1935-36. 104' VERTICAL SHAFT ON W RIM OF THE CHANNEL, FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS WERE DRIVEN 90 FT. E, 55'N, AND 30 FT. S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 352-3 AND 363

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 207

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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