Buckhorn Consolidated

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10034753
MRDS ID M021645
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Red Gold, Buckhorn-Miralda
Related records 10138250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50018, 38.14547 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position 2 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

Calaveritas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50018, 38.14547

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 60 - 80 S
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRE 1890 , 1894 , AROUND 1914 , PROSPECTED 1930 'S FREE MILLING. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 27.924HA
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 275 FT CROSSCUT ADIT IN 1894 , ALSO A 300 FT SHAFT AND 600 FT OF DRIFTS, WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 AND 300 FT

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

  • Deposit

    KEN, M.B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF; CALIF. MIN. BUR.

  • 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 299

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, AT LEAST PARALLEL VEINS, 1 - 3 FT THICK. TWO VEINS AT SURFACE ARE 140 FT APART.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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