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Adelaide

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 10102700
MRDS ID M006335
Record type Site
Current site name Adelaide
Alternate or previous names Carson Hill Group
Related records 10211143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50406, 38.00658 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position ON S SLOPE CARSON HILL 1/2 MI E OF MALONES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angels Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 013E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UMT ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE HAS RIBBON CHARACTER WITH GOLD IN SHEET FORM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Graphite Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50406, 38.00658
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 19.81M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERAL ZONE 15 FT WIDE OF TALC SCHISTS WITH 3 DISTINCT QTZ VEINS. HANGING WALL BLACK TALCOSE SLATE, FOOTWALL GREENSTONE. ORE HAS RIBBON CHARACTER WITH GOLD IN SHEET FORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1890 - 1893 , CONSOLIDATED WITH MELOUES MINE 1895

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 6.071HA
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY VERTICLE SHAFT, PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 142

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY, 14 TH REPORT STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 66

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANKS, H.W., 1890 , GEOLOGY OF MOTHER LODE, 10 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 57 - 58

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 296

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 3 DISTINCT QTZ VEINS IN MINERALIZED ZONE 15 FT WIDE OF TALC SCHISTS. HANGING WALL OF BLACK TALCOSE SLATE, FOOTWALL GREENSTONE
Deposit MINE INCLUDED IN CARSON HILL GROUP OF MINES 15 ACRES. CONSOLIDATED WITH MELONES MINE IN 1895.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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