Donella

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105957
MRDS ID W026076
Record type Site
Current site name Donella
Alternate or previous names North Fork Mine
Related records 10117419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.22294, 37.99881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 3 MILES E OF SOULSBYVILLE, 2 1/2 MILES NE OF CARTER.

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)

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 002N 016E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.22294, 37.99881

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Faulted

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ARCUATE VEIN OPENING TO THE SOUTH WHICH DIPS 45 S IN THE CENTER AND HAS LOWER DIP ANGLE TOWARD ITS ENDS, HAS BEEN FAULTED AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, ONE OF WHICH APPEARS TO PICK UP FAULTED PORTION OF ARCUATE VEIN AT 150 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: California Mining Bureau REPT. 12 , P. 304

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: California Mining Bureau REPT. 13 , P. 487

Reporter information

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