Blue Lead

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103054
MRDS ID M021326
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Lead
Related records 10166224

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.22017, 37.99131 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES N. OF TUOLUMNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuolumne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 016E 28 California

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.22017, 37.99131

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 75 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 12.141HA

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS 200 , 130 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT 14 , P. 140

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. 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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