Soulsby Belle

Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077980
MRDS ID W026077
Record type Site
Current site name Soulsby Belle
Related records 10287783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.26572, 37.99686 (WGS84)
Elevation 899
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES N.E. OF SOULSBYVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standard(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
Mount Diablo 002N 016E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4 OF SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.26572, 37.99686

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 1 FT TO 14 INCHES THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 192 FT WITH 5 LEVELS ( 1932 ). SHAFT EXTENDED TO 445 FT AND 4 NEW LEVELS ADDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CAL.: CMB REPT. 45 , P. 71

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCTION OF THIS MINE BEGAN IN 1929 . DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM INCORPORATED UNTIL 1937 WHEN ENTIRE OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED. THIS CLAIM IS ADJACENT TO THE BLACK OAK MINE AND IS ON THE SAME VEIN.

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.

Authoritative California resources

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