1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Hardenburg

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028187
MRDS ID M005038
Record type Site
Current site name Hardenburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75268, 38.29991 (WGS84)
Elevation 251
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES S. OF JACKSON, ALMOST 1000 FT. N. OF THE MOKELUMNE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(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 005N 011E 10;03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75268, 38.29991
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 65 E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 4 TO 10 FT. THICK WITH THICK GOUGE ZONE ON FOOTWALL 15 TO 20 FT. THICK; OCCASSIONAL IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS ENCOUNTERED AT DEPTH ALONG GOUGE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1892 , 1893 , 1895 , 1913 - 1914

Mining district

District name Jackson

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralph Mcgee

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 18.212HA

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 1500 FT; LAST WORKED IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 74

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 68 , 106 - 107

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 84 - 85 , 119 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 29 - 30

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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