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Amador Gold

Past Producer in Amador 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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034496
MRDS ID M021296
Record type Site
Current site name Amador Gold
Alternate or previous names Amador Queen # 1, Aetna, McKay and Love, School House.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75434, 38.33047 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/4 MILE S. OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(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 Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 011E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW-GRADE GOLD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75434, 38.33047
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 NE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN RANGES FROM 20 TO 50 FT. IN THICKNESS; AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST HANGING WALL, BLACK SLATE FOOTWALL; MINE YIELDED ABOUT 60,000 GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 100 FT.; 65 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 700 FT; EXTENSIVE DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHT REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 88 - 91

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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