Douglas Flat

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038060
MRDS ID M045331
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Flat
Related records 10284514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.45711, 38.12185 (WGS84)
Elevation 655
Relative position 5 MI NORTHEAST OF ANGELS CAMP, 5 MI SOUTH OF MURPHYS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 014E 08 NEAR SOUTH BORDER California

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR ADIT ON SOUTH DITCH SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE YIELDED $807.78/TON AU (0.032 OZ/TON, 1.1 PPM), $10.50/TON PT (0.00029 OZ/TON, 10 PPB), CONCENTRATED FROM 60 TONS TO 100 LB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Ione Formation
    Rock description Ione Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.45711, 38.12185

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK OF LIMESTONE, SCHIST, SLATE, AMPHIBOLITE. GRAVELS ARE OVERLAIN IN PLACES BY RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1848

Mining district

District name Vallecito District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vallecito Western Mining Co.
    First year 1923
  • Type Owner
    Owner T. B. Bishop Co.
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • GRADES ARE CALCULATED FROM ANALYTICAL DATA GIVEN IN DAY AND RICHARDS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1615.44M
    Overall depth 58.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC 1850'S-1880'S, DRIFT MINING 1880'S, 1930'S, DRAGLINE 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVELS ARE RICHEST NEAR BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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