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Fidelity Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029355
MRDS ID M006833
Record type Site
Current site name Fidelity Mine
Related records 10284566

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.58434, 38.34074 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 MI S. OF GLENCO ON CEDAR GULCH

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 013E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC, SE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BLUE-WHITE RIBBONED QUARTZ NEXT TO WALLROCK SAID TO ASSAY FROM $10-$25/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.58434, 38.34074
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fine To Med-Grained Diorite Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike N - NW
    Dip E
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE IN COUNTRY ROCK VERY DARK

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 1882 , 1889 - NO DATA AVAILABLE UNTIL 1934 - 1936 , AND 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 6.071HA
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY BY A 200 FT SHAFT, LATER A NEW 40 FT SHAFT AND 30 FT OF DRIFTING, AND A 150 FT LOWER DRIFT ADIT, A 200 FT S. DRIFT ADIT, AND 400 FT N DRIFT ADIT

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. 38 - 39 , 54 , 150 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. 255 AND 304

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1.5 - 6 FT THICK, AVERAGES 3.5 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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