Mokelumne River

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038062
MRDS ID M045333
Record type District
Current site name Mokelumne River
Related records 10187246

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.96682, 38.20211 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ALONG THE MOKELUMNE RIVER 4 MI ABOVE CAMANCHE TO WITHIN 4 MI OF CLEMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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;004N 009E;010E 01,02,03,04,09,10,11,12;04,05,06 California

Comments on the location information

  • MAY INCLUDE CAMANCHE-LANCHA PLANA PLACER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FORMER MOUTH OF CHINA GULCH, NOW BELOW CAMANCHE RESERVOIR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Ione Formation
    Rock description Ione Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.96682, 38.20211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 14483.7M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • FALSE BEDROCK OF VOLCANIC ASH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917-1941

Mining district

District name Camanche District (Mokelumne River)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Dredging Co.
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD PRODUCTION LESS THAN 20 FINE OZ/YR AFTER 1925. SMALL RECOVERY OF PT FROM DREDGING OPERATIONS. PGM AND AU ESTIMATES INCLUDE ORE DERIVED FROM ALL DREDGED AREAS IN AREA OF CAMANCHE RESERVOIR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 182.115HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 21ST REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 2, P. 163.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 76-84.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 31-32.

  • Production

    FIRST PT EST BASED ON MRDS RECORD M005603

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVELS ARE 6-35 FT DEEP, AVERAGE 20 FT
General Changed this from a site to a District because it applies to a stretch of the Mokelumne River, not a particular property.
Deposit RECORD M005603 HAS BEEN DELETED. SEE ALSO: MRDS M045335, M045337.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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