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Etna King 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 10102725
MRDS ID M006492
Record type Site
Current site name Etna King Mine
Alternate or previous names Ziegler & N. End Claims
Related records 10114095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.5474, 38.0688 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Relative position IN ANGELS CAMP

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 013E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 SEC

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 > Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 3.66M

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 1880'S , 1897 - 1909 AND 1914

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 5.666HA
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 240 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT AND DRIFTS 200 AND 300 FT WERE RUN RESPECTIVELY

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 34 - 35 , AND PL B

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF: CALIF DIV. OF MINES BULL 108 P. 151 - 152

  • 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 304

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVERAGES 12 FT THICK, IS A WESTERLY BRANCH VEIN OF MOTHER LODE, A STRINGER LEAD EARLY IN 1897, ADIT RUN ALONG VEIN FOR 180 FT SHOWING OREBODY BELIEVED TO BE FROM 25-40 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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