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Anita

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098216
MRDS ID M005121
Record type Site
Current site name Anita
Alternate or previous names Bright
Related records 10114712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77658, 38.34129 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position 1/2 MILE S.W. OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 011E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77658, 38.34129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 43 DEGREE E
    Thickness 0.51M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BOTH SLATE AND GREENSTONE ON PROPERTY WITH SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS; ONE MAIN VEIN ENTIRELY IN GREENSTONE, ANOTHER AT LITHOLOGIC CONTACT CONTAINING QUARTZ, CALCITE, IRON AND COPPER SULFIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George E. O'Grady

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION. SURFACE WORKED IN EARLY DAYS BYT ANITA GOLD MINING CO. BEGAN SINKING THE SHAFT IN 1895. CLAIM OF 44-45 ACRES AND PROBABLY IS THE "SOUTH BRIGHT" CLAIM SHOWN IN USGS FOLIO 63, CLAIM SHEET 1, SEC. 1

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 17.807HA

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 65 FT., CROSSCUT ADIT WITH DRIFT AT 45 FT. LEVEL; SECOND SHAFT 190 FT. WITH CROSSCUT 125 FT. AT BASE; THIRD SHAFT AT LITHOLOGIC CONTACT SUNK 480 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 68

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 16 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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