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Cave City

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103525
MRDS ID M024315
Record type Site
Current site name Cave City

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54712, 38.40047 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 2 MI NE OF FRICOT RANCH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 013E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED $33 PER TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54712, 38.40047
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dike Of Medium-Grained Diorite Along Footwall Of Vein

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE-SHAPED ORE BODY
    Dip 35 - 65 SW
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KERR, M. B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF.; CALIF. MIN. BUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, VEIN OF QUARTZ WITHIN DIORITE DIKE
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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