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Kruger and Vaughn

Past Producer in Amador 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102594
MRDS ID M005031
Record type Site
Current site name Kruger and Vaughn
Related records 10260331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75184, 38.31713 (WGS84)
Relative position EXTEND N-S THROUGH CTR. OF SEC

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 005N 011E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -120.75184, 38.31713
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1852

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. W. Steel , George M. Thomas

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED IN 1852 AND 1855 . SOME ORE MILLED THEN AT $7/TON. MINIMUM ASSESSMENT WORK AFTER 1850'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 250

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 107

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT 23 , P. 192

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

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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