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Albany

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 10102751
MRDS ID M006618
Record type Site
Current site name Albany
Related records 10284217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54212, 38.16797 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Relative position NEAR FRICOT RANCH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(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 004N 013E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS FREE MILLING RIBBON QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54212, 38.16797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip N
    Thickness 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1 1/2 FT. VEIN OF RIBBON QUARTZ WITH THE HANGING WALL BEING MICA SCHIST AND THE FOOTWALL BLACK SLATE

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 152.4M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 500 FT. ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KERR, M.B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF.: CALIF. MIN. BUR.

  • 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. 134

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 1/2 FT VEIN OF RIBBON QUARTZ WITH THE HANGING WALL OF MICA SCHIST AND THE FOOTWALL OF BLACK SLATE

Reporter information

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

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