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Calnan

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077100
MRDS ID W024535
Record type Site
Current site name Calnan
Alternate or previous names Little Joe
Related records 10164344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71993, 40.04682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 2 MILES FROM GENESEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 14,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71993, 40.04682
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE JOE CLAIM, PRODUCED 30 TONS OF SORTED ORE IN 1906 , SAID TO HAVE CARRIED $300 A TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • KEYSTONE CLAIM; TUNNEL DRIVEN 210 FT. AND 90 FT. BELOW OUTCROP-CARRYING MALACHITE. LITTLE JOE; 2 OLD SHAFTS, 30 AND 80 FT. DEEP, OPEN CUT 40 FT. BY 100 FT.. BALTIMORE CLAIM ; 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 240 FT. OF DRIFTING. GOLD FISH: 30 FT. SHAFT. MOTHER LODE; 160 FT. TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 127

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 463

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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