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Chaperral Hill Group

Past 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. 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 10028997
MRDS ID M006311
Record type Site
Current site name Chaperral Hill Group
Alternate or previous names Bright Star, Chaparral Hill, Felicie, Rothschild, Vanderbilt
Related records 10259754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.51711, 38.0313 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1/2 MI NW OF CARSON HILL TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angels Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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 002N 013E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST N 1/2 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES

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) -120.51711, 38.0313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip E
    Thickness 30.48M

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 1881 , 1914 , PROSPECTED 1922 - 1925 NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 38.447HA
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ADITS. A 500 FT DRIFT ADIT IS ON THE VANDERBILT CLAIM. DIAGONAL CROSSCUTS PASS THROUGH THE HILL FROM THE CHAPARRAL HILL CLAIM AS IS 464 FT LONG, OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE A 155 FT 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 143 , 178 AND PL 13

  • Deposit

    KERR, M. B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF: CALIF. MIN. BUR.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 108 , P. 137

  • 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 301

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, THICKENS TO OVER 100 FT IN PLACES WITH AT LEAST TWO OTHER MINOR VEINS. VEIN PROSPECTED IS ONE OF SCHIST STRINGER LEAD ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE MASSIVE "BULL QUARTZ". VEIN AVERAGES 15 FT.

Reporter information

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

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