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Doodlebug No. 1 , 2 , and 3 Claims

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 10028932
MRDS ID M006202
Record type Site
Current site name Doodlebug No. 1 , 2 , and 3 Claims
Related records 10138439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.53434, 38.26908 (WGS84)
Elevation 738
Relative position 5 MI. S. R. R. FLAT & N. OF VESUS MARIA CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Road Flat(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 005N 012E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IN ORE IS PRACTICALLY ALL FREE, WITH ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT IN SULFIDES.

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.53434, 38.26908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 2.13M

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 MID 1930'S NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 24.282HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS EACH ABOVE THE OTHER WITH NO. 1 BEING 300 FT. LONG; NO. 2 , 125 FT.; NO. 3 , 350 FT.; AND NO. 4 , THE UPPER BEING 200 FT.. NO. 3 AND 4 HAVE 90 AND 45 FT. RAISES RESPECTIVELY

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. 147

  • 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. 250 - 251

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 ) CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FOOTWALL SLATE, HANGING WALL GRANITE

Reporter information

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

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