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South Cosmopolitan Group

Past 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028171
MRDS ID M005011
Record type Site
Current site name South Cosmopolitan Group
Alternate or previous names Worley
Related records 10259661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83463, 38.45296 (WGS84)
Elevation 282
Relative position NW 1/4 NW 1/4

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 007N 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH FREE GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.83463, 38.45296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE FOOTWALL, DIORITE HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Drytown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Detert, W. F. (Estate)
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 195 FT, INCLINED SHAFT 310 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, W.B. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 258

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 8 , P. 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION OF VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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