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Kanaka

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105958
MRDS ID W026084
Record type Site
Current site name Kanaka
Related records 10141974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.02655, 37.93075 (WGS84)
Elevation 774
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES N.E. OF GROVELAND, NEAR THE TUOLUMNE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duckwall Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S;001S 017E;016E 07;12 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.02655, 37.93075
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 45 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT. IN THICKNESS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Belt

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS ON VEIN, LONGEST ONE 1185 FT.; 2 WINZES IN MAIN ADIT 225 , 400 FT. ALL RECORDED 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 669

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 153

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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