Spagnoli

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102599
MRDS ID M005188
Record type Site
Current site name Spagnoli
Related records 10259887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66101, 38.38797 (WGS84)
Relative position AT TOWN OF CLINTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(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 012E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66101, 38.38797

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Dorothy Ferguson And D. S. Richmond

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM ONE POCKET PRIOR TO 1927 VALUED AT $16,000 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 110 FT, AND VERTICAL SHAFT 220 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV., AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 185

  • Deposit

    STORM, E.M., 1900 , THE MOTHER LODE OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMERLY A POCKET MINE

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.