Alto Mine

Plant in Calaveras 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. 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 10235218
MAS/MILS ID 0060090394
Record type Site
Current site name Alto Mine
Alternate or previous names Alta

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.6063, 37.89431 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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 001 N 012 E 36 C California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.6063, 37.89431

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Year of first production 1886
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glamis Gold Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF 32,NO 3,P 296;B 145,PL 2;CALIF COUNTY REPT NO 2,P 135

  • Deposit

    & P 37-40

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990.

  • Deposit

    GLAMIS GOLD LTD. ANNUAL REPORT FOR JUNE 30, 1987 THROUGH

  • Deposit

    JUNE 30, 1988. 1988, 20 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-1996 Iverson, Stephen R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.