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Forest Creek

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, 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 10029505
MRDS ID M007074
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Creek
Related records 10235632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46879, 38.3788 (WGS84)
Elevation 878
Relative position S. SLOPE MIDDLE FORK OF MOKELUMNE RIVER 4 MI W OF WEST POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Nose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(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 006N 014E 07,18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46879, 38.3788
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

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 INTERMITTENTLY 1923 - 29 SMALL TONNAGES

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 420 FT ADIT, 55 FT WINZE 225 FT FROM PORTAL OF ADIT, FROM WHICH VEIN DRIFTED 100 FT TO N & S

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. 153 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , PG 429 .

  • 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 - 258 AND 305 .

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 ) LOGAN ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1/2 - 2 FT. WIDE, ALMOST VERTICLE

Reporter information

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

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