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Everlasting Mine

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 10028869
MRDS ID M006104
Record type Site
Current site name Everlasting Mine
Alternate or previous names Best & Belcher Mining Co
Related records 10211164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68545, 38.18602 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 3/4 MI. S. OF SAN ANDRES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(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 004N 012E 19,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC CNTR. SEC. BOUNDARY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTED $3.50 - $16 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68545, 38.18602
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMPHIBOLITE TO EAST AND METASEDIMENTS OF CALAVERAS FMN TO WEST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1870'S, 1880'S , 1890'S , ACTIVE 1900 , 1935 - 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 11.736HA
    Overall depth 94.49M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 SHAFTS 225 AND 310 FT. DEEP SEPARATED BY 1000 FT.

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. 53 - 54 , 149 AND PL B

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 242 - 243 , 304

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, IRREGULAR VEIN SYSTEM WITH HEAVY GOUGE ON BOTH WALLS, MUCH OF QUARTZ IS CRUSHED AND MIXED WITH GOUGE. HANGING WALL SERPENTINE, FOOTWALL GREENSTONE. VEIN FROM 8 - 14 FT. THICK AT 65 FT. DEPTH IN N. SHAFT

Reporter information

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

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