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Soulsby Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034631
MRDS ID M021479
Record type Site
Current site name Soulsby Group
Related records 10141699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.26294, 37.98825 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position AT THE TOWN OF SOULSBYVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
002N 016E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.26294, 37.98825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 85 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE AND FELSITE DIKES ; GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGES 15 INCHES IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 64.752HA

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAIN SHAFTS, 900 , AND 800 FT BY 1890 ; EXTENSIVE DRIFTING AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P.

  • Deposit

    GOLDSTONE, L. P., 1890 , REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT 10 , P. 742

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS INCLUDED THE CHURCHILL, JOHNSON & BRADBURY, PENNSYLVANIA, PLATT & GILSON, AND SOULSBY MINES. LOCATION OF THE SOULSBY MINE, WHICH WAS THE PRINCIPAL MINE, WAS RECORDED IN 1856 .

Reporter information

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

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