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Ford

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028861
MRDS ID M006094
Record type Site
Current site name Ford
Alternate or previous names Apex
Related records 10187571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66907, 38.19658 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position 1/2 MI E OF SAN ANDRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(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 004N 012E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINS OTHER SULFIDES WITH HESSITE AND PETZITE AND SOME RICH GOLD SPECIMENS WERE RECOVERED FROM MAIN VEIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66907, 38.19658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCKS ARE COMPLEXLY FOLDED. ALSO PRESENT ARE BLACK SLATE, TALC SCHIST HORNBLENDE, LIMESTONE AND GARNETIFEROUS WHITE 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

  • ACTIVE PRIOR 1890'S , 1890S - 1900 , 1914 - 15 PROSPECTING WORK DONE, 1922 - 1930S OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY ORE VALUES RANGES FROM $3 TO $27

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE SLUICED AND THEN DEVELOPED BY 120 FT SHAFT THEN 300 FT S 750 FT INCLINED SHAFT ON MAIN VEIN WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 AND 700 FT. SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS - UP TO 3200 FT OF WORKINGS ON 300 FT LEVEL, MAINLY TO S. OF SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 54 - 55 , 151 AND PL B.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 108 , P 139 - 140 AND PL 6 .

  • 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 257 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 4 ON PROPERTY WITH PARALLEL STRIKE, WEST VEIN 120 FT. W OF MAIN SHAFT, MAIN VEIN WITH MAIN SHAFT SUNK ON IT HANGING WALL VEIN AND EAST VEIN WHICH CROPS OUT 270 FT. EAST OF MAIN SHAFT - EAST AND WEST VEINS ARE RICHEST. THE WEST VEIN IS APPROX. 4 FT. THICK AND THE EAST VEIN IS A BELT OF QUARTZ STRINGERS 20 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

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

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