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Alabama

Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077893
MRDS ID W025966
Record type Site
Current site name Alabama
Related records 10238513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.44406, 37.9563 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position ONE MILE W. OF JAMESTOWN, N.W. AND ADJACENT TO THE CRYSTALLINE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(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
001N 014E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALIZATION IS WIDELY DISPERSED, GENERALLY YIELDING LOW-GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.44406, 37.9563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE FOOTWALL, SCHIST ON HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 7.689HA

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLIEST PRODUCTION FROM OPEN-CUTS AND GLORY HOLE WORKINGS. IN 1922 THE CRYSTALLINE AND ALABAMA CLAIMS WERE JOINTLY HELD AND FROM THE 600 FT. LEVEL OF THE CRYSTALLINE SHAFT EXTENDED TO A POINT BELOW THE OLD 300 FT. ALABAMA SHAFT. IN 1947 A DRIFT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE 300 FT. LEVEL OF THE ALABAMA SHAFT AND THEN CROSSCUT 47 FT. TO A 6 FT. ORE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1928 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV., TUOLUMNE COUNTY: C.D.M. REPT. 24 , P. 10

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CAL.: CDM REPT. 45 , P. 56 - 57

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1924

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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