Newton

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284272
MRDS ID W023463
MAS/MILS ID 0060050045
Record type Site
Current site name Newton
Related records 10076461

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.88712, 38.3416 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(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 006 N 010 E 28 S2SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.88712, 38.3416

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Waste Rock 5
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 13.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 357
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF 1 CAL. DIV. OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF., BULL. 144, CALI

  • Deposit

    OF NAT. RES.,1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS,REF

  • Deposit

    REF 2 LYMAN MORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION

  • Deposit

    REF 3 CAL. DIV. OF MINES, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF AM

  • Deposit

    COUNT, CALIF, IN CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOL.,VO

  • Deposit

    MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0060430158

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRELIMINARY COMMENT. AFTER 1 YEAR OF PREPRODUCTION, THIS MIN OPERATE FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS OF THE PENN MILL OPERATION(ID 0102) USING THE NORTH KEYSTONE(ID 060090506) EQUIPMENT AND CAPITAL COSTS LISTED BELOW REFLECT ONLY ADDITIONAL INVESTM THIS MINING OPERATION. ALL MILL CAPITAL COSTS ARE ATTRIBUT THE PENN MILL. REC 101 ESTIMATED MINE LIFE OF 2 YR BASED ON PLANT CAPAC, RE REC 120 BASE YEAR 1970 USED FOR MINE COSTING MINE CAPITAL COSTS TOTAL 572,100 ACQ 30,000 EXPLOR 58,400 DEVEL 483,700 EQUIP 0 PLANT 0 WORK.CAP 0 MINE OPERATING COSTS 13.905/MT REC 151 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 NOTE THAT THE MILL CAP COSTS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PENN PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Lewis, J.D. 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

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