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Finck

Past Producer in Calaveras 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028708
MRDS ID M005853
Record type Site
Current site name Finck
Related records 10138606

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.75657, 38.28602 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position IN RICH GULCH, 2 MI N OF PALOMA, 1/4 MI S OF MOKELUMNE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 14,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 14 , NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.75657, 38.28602
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 73.15M
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED THROUGH 335 FT. SHAFT, 150 FT DRIFT AND OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, SEVERAL VEINS ON SLATE-GRANITE CONTACT, SLATE HANGING WALL GRANITE FOOTWALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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