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Vandervoort Mining Company

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 10029457
MRDS ID M006983
Record type Site
Current site name Vandervoort Mining Company
Related records 10114104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46017, 38.08102 (WGS84)
Relative position 96-ACRE PATENTED HOMESTEAD OF JAMES A. REDDING, E OF VALLECITO. NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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 014E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46017, 38.08102
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE COLUMBIA, CATARACT AND A SIDE CHANNEL ARE SAID TO TRAVERSE THIS RANCH. 250' VERTICAL SHAFT WHICH PASSED THROUGH A CAPPING OF ANDESITE, LATITE, AND RHYOLITIC TUFF, BUT HAD NOT REACHED BEDROCK. A 50' DRIFT E ON THE 240' LEVEL ENCOUNTERED 12' OF GRAVEL ON THE W RIM OF A CHANNEL, BELIEVED TO BE A TRIBUTARY TO THE COLUMBIA CHANNEL. IN 1936 THE COMPANY PLANNED TO CROSSCUT THE CHANNEL, PROVE THE EASTERN RIM, THEN SINK TO BEDROCK. PAY GRAVEL SAID TO AVERAGE $3-$5 PER TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1933-37.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 355 AND PL. 6

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 209 AND PL. C

Reporter information

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

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