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Tarantula Hawk

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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 10077876
MRDS ID W025942
Record type Site
Current site name Tarantula Hawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.41961, 37.88825 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES N.E. OF CHINESE CAMP, ON WOODS CREEK, N. OF THE EAGLE-SHAWMUT MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(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)

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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 014E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 65 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRINGER ORE DEPOSITS ON THE MAIN MOTHER LODE VEIN, CONSIST OF FOOTWALL, HANGING WALL, AND CONTACT VEINS. SERPENTINE OCCURS AT FOOTWALL, SLATE ON HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 952.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 900 FT, WITH WINZE 640 FT. AND DRIFTS AT EVERY 100 FT ALONG WINZE. ALSO 14 ADITS ON VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 164

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS: TARANTULA, OMEGA, WESTERN EXTENSION, AND TARANTULA HAWK.

Reporter information

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

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