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Quaker City Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102634
MRDS ID M005894
Record type Site
Current site name Quaker City Mine
Related records 10162702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73545, 38.2538 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI SSW OF MOKELUMNE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mokelumne Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST ABOVE CHILI GULCH, JUST S OF STATE HWY 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -120.73545, 38.2538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • 6 IN TO 5 FT THICK VEIN IN MOTHER LODE FISSURING WHERE IT RENTERS BLACK SLATE AFTER BEING IN GREENSTONE SEVERAL MILES. HANGING WALL OF SLATE GOUGE TO 30 FT THICK. FOOTWALL IS GREENSTONE PRESENT AS LENS IN SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1876. MAY HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED DURING 1920'S AND 1930'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 10.118HA
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 600 FT DEEP - FIRST 400 FT VERTICAL, REMAINDER INCLINED ALONG VEIN. CAVED 640 FT ADIT CONNECTS W SHAFT AT 103 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 66 , 175

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 316

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 146 , 147

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey MODIFIED LAT-LONG BASED UPON TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION CONVERSION PROGRAM
Updater 27-JAN-1998 Boyce, E. G. U.S. Geological Survey

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