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Stanislaus Mine

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Mercury
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040654
MRDS ID M055508
Record type Site
Current site name Stanislaus Mine
Related records 10211507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50378, 38.02158 (WGS84)
Elevation 604
Relative position ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CARSON HILL, JUST ABOVE ROBINSON'S FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angels Camp(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 002N 013E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM TO TOP OF CARSON HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Altaite Gangue
Calaverite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Petzite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50378, 38.02158
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866 - 1966): CDMG BULL. 189.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., AND LYDON, P. A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALEVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 2.

  • Deposit

    HILLEBRAND, W. F., 1900, MINERALOGICAL NOTES: USGS BULL. 167, PP. 57 - 76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLORADOITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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