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Silver Mine

Past Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034259
MRDS ID M021001
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.95771, 37.92212 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 001W 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRACES OF CU AND MN MINERALS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.95771, 37.92212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1860'S

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLE SMALL PRODUCTION: MAY BE THE "SO-CALLED SILVER MINE".

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT ABOUT 50 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MOUNT DIABLO, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL REPORT 80 , P. 21

  • Production

    PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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