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Carson Creek

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029006
MRDS ID M006325
Record type Site
Current site name Carson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52072, 38.01324 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 1 1/4 MI W OF MELONES

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)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 013E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHOOT ON 700 FT LEVEL WAS APPROX 200 FT LONG AND 30 FT WIDE. CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF TELLURIDES OF AU AND AG RECOVERED DURING EARLY OPERATIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM $5 - $15 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Cosumnes Formation;Logtown Ridge Formation
    Rock description Cosumnes Formation;Logtown Ridge Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52072, 38.01324
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SERIES OF METASEDIMENTS ARE CORRELATABLE WITH COSUMNES FM. TO WEST ARE GREENSTONES OF LOGTOWN RIDGE FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED ABOUT 1862 AND DEVELOPED, ACTIVE 1880 , 1892 - 1904

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED FIRST BY 100 FT SHAFT LATER BY 700 FT SHAFT WITH FIRST 75 FT BEING VERTICLE AND THE REMAINDER INCLINED AT 45 DEG. OTHER WORKINGS ARE 140 FT VERTICLE SHAFT, 100 FT LEVEL HAS 2 CROSSCUTS 70 & 90 FT. , OTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE OVER 700 FT OF DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS

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 44 , 142 AND PL B

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , CALAVERAS COUNTY, 12TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. PG. 91

  • 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. 267 , 300 AND 307

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO MAIN VEINS APPROX 250 FT APART AND PARALLEL. VEINS RANGE FROM 15 - 30 FT IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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