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South Eureka

Producer in Amador 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109105
MRDS ID M005094
Record type Site
Current site name South Eureka
Related records 10134617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79602, 38.38018 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1 MI. S. OF SUTTER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(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 Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 011E 08,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79602, 38.38018
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1891

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South Eureka Mining Co.
    Home office C/O A. J. Mayman

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 1891 AND WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS IN THE COUNTRY; PRODUCTION MODERATE UNTIL 1908 WHEN MAIN VEIN SYSTEM WAS DISCOVERED. FROM 1908-1917 OVER 980,000 TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED. MINE CLOSED IN 1917 WITH TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $5,300,000. THE MINE WAS UNDER OPTION TO THE CENTRAL EUREKA IN 1921 AND SOME EXPLORATORY WORK WAS DONE BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND. IT IS AN EXTENSION OF THE ONEIDA, KENNEDY, ARGONAUT LEAD & LIES BETWEEN THE ONEIDA AND CENTRAL EUREKA. HOLDINGS OF 431 ACRES

Comments on the workings information

  • A 2785 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS, WINZE TO 2900 FT. LEVEL; ALSO WORKED ON SEVERAL OF THE CENTRAL EUREKA (SEC. 8) LEVELS WHICH WERE EXTENDED INTO THIS MINE. AN 80 STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 192-3, 258, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 63, P. 8, CLAIM SHEET 1,SEC. 1

  • Deposit

    REPORT 23 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 196

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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