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Penn Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284242
MRDS ID M005645
MAS/MILS ID 0060091559
Record type Site
Current site name Penn Mine
Alternate or previous names Penn, Campo Seco, Constellation, Happy Jack, Hecla, Little Satellite, Meteor, Satellite, Hinkcley, West Constellation, Penn Chemical Works, Blue Jay, Copper Hill
Related records 10028589

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.87432, 38.22991 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 004 N 010 E 04 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.87432, 38.22991
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 222.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 53, 1957, P. 435.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 2, 1962, P. 133.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-SEP-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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