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Dreisam

Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034533
MRDS ID M021350
Record type Site
Current site name Dreisam
Related records 10117817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.22794, 37.99742 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES N. OF TUOLUMNE, ON RIDGE E. OF TURNBACK CREEK, AT ARRASTRAVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuolumne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 016E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.22794, 37.99742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THREE VEINS ON PROPERTY: CUTTER VEIN, N 40 W/45 NE; YELLOW JACKET VEIN, N 80 E/80 E; OPHIR VEIN, N/75 E. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEINS ARE ABOUT 18 INCHES. VEINS ARE CUT BY SERIES OF DIORITE DIKES 6 INCHES TO 2 FT THICK. YELLOW JACKET VEIN FAULTED 50 FT. WEST OF CUTTER VEIN AT 200 FT. LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STORM, E.M., 1900 , THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 139

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 144

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FORMS LENSES WITHIN VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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