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Angels Mine

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 10029119
MRDS ID M006487
Record type Site
Current site name Angels Mine
Alternate or previous names Fox, Potter, Valentine. Claims: Angels,Beda Blood,Billings,Crystal,, Doctor Hill,Hennessy,Mccormick,Minne,Oneida.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54768, 38.07547 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position ANGELS CAMP

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 003N 013E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54768, 38.07547
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE VEINS HAVE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 20 FT FOOTWALL DIORITE, HANGING WALL TALCOSE SLATE. WELL DEVELOPED ALBITE CRYSTALS FOUND IN WINTERS VEIN. SEVERAL VEINS ARE PRESENT, WHICH ALL HAVE SIMILAR ATITUDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1857 - 1867 , 1900 - 1918

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT FOR PROPERTY UNKNOWN BUT PUBLISHED FIGURES EXCEED $3.25 MILLION. A $100,000 POCKET WAS REPORTED IN 1910 . VALUE OF ORE DURING LAST YEARS FROM $2 TO $10 PER TON, WHEN GOLD WAS $20 PER OUNCE. ALL CLAIMS IN AREA GROUPED IN 1867 AND WORKED UNTIL MARCH 1918 . MIN. OF 6 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1915 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 320.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENTS STARTED 1822 WITH 600 FT SHAFT. NUMEROUS SHAFTS, DRIFTS WINZES AND CROSSCUTS. STOPES VARY FROM 100 TO 200 FT IN LENGTH. LAST ORE MINED FROM 200 , 400 AND 500 FT LEVELS. MAIN SHAFT 850 ANGELS SHAFT WITH 600 FT CRYSTAL SHAFT TO SW. TWO VEINS E. AND W. HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED

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 40 , 135 AND PL B

  • 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 297

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.; BULL. NO. 108 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P 127 - 128 AND PL 7

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF MIN. BUR., P 68 - 69

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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