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Falcon

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032101
MRDS ID M012646
Record type Site
Current site name Falcon
Alternate or previous names Carley, Louisa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.49072, 38.13602 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1 3/4 MI W OF MURPHYS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(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 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 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 > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.49072, 38.13602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granite Dikes Accompany All Veins

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE PRIOR 1894 , 1894 , 1895 , 1897 , 1932 , AND 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 65.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 215 FT SHAFT AND 50 FT DRIFT, 120 FT CROSS CUT ADIT AND 300 FT DRIFT

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. 36 , 150 AND PL B

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , CALAVERAS COUNTY, 12TH REPT STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 94

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTY, 13TH REPT STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG 104

  • 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 304

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, VEINS SMALL BUT RICH WITH FISSURES OFTEN BRANCHING

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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