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Sonnet

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034630
MRDS ID M021478
Record type Site
Current site name Sonnet
Related records 10117477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.29628, 38.08935 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position ON GRANTS RIDGE, 12 MILES N. E. OF COLUMBIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia SE(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)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 015E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS HEAVY SULFIDE CONTAINING FREE GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ CARRIES AS HIGH AS 5 % SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.29628, 38.08935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 78 E
    Dip 70 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AVERAGE THICKNESS OF QUARTZ VEIN IS 2 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT ADIT 600 FT.; WINZE 100 FT SITUATED 260 FT. FROM PORTAL; CROSSCUT 100 FT. N. TO PARALLEL VEIN, WITH DRIFT 150 FT. E AND 150 FT. W

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 162

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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