Hageman

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102604
MRDS ID M005294
Record type Site
Current site name Hageman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55204, 38.42052 (WGS84)
Relative position 500 FT. W. OF THE WEST POINT POWER HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(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 007N 013E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 OF SEC. 33. Used Google Earth to set Latitude/longitude based on description located 500 ft west of powerhouse.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND MINOR GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55204, 38.42052

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ ORE VEIN, A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1920 'S, 1947 - 1951

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. V. Grant, R. R. Brown, E. C. Anderson

Comments on the production information

  • HAGEMAN ADIT DRIVEN IN EARLY 1920'S AND PRODUCED SOME HIGH GRADE ORE; THE SUNNY BOY VEIN DISCOVERED IN 1947 AND PROPERTY HAS BEEN WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE THEN, PRODUCING OVER $20,000 TO 1951. HOLDINGS OF FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS LOCATED 500 FT. EAST OF THE WEST POINT POWER HOUSE

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 CLAIMS; 2 ADITS 150 , 200 FT; INCLINED SHAFT 50 FT. WITH DRIFT 60 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: California Journal of Mines and Geology VOL. 50 , P. 181, 247 Plate 1

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1923 , AUBURN FIELD DIVISION - AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 18 , P. 7

  • Deposit

    California Journal of Mines and Geology v. 53, no.3-4, 1957, p. 419.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF
General Deleted duplicate MAS record SEQ 0060050456.

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

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