Coffee Mill Gleason, Golden Gate

Producer in Calaveras 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109148
MRDS ID M005899
Record type Site
Current site name Coffee Mill Gleason, Golden Gate
Related records 10162761

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.73205, 38.24354 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 26,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.73205, 38.24354

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON THE KRAEMER CHANNEL. PAY STREAK 100' WIDE WAS STRUCK IN 1866. COARSE NUGGETS WERE FOUND IN THE GRAVEL. 6' OF BLUE CEMENTED GRAVEL TAPPED IN 1892.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. N. Van Winkle And E. J. Stocker

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST ACTIVE 1866 WHEN PRODUCTION WAS 200 CARLOADS PER DAY. 400' INCLINED ADIT DRIVEN 1866; NEW INCLINED ADIT AND MAIN DRIFT DRIVEN 1500' 1880-82; 800' ADIT DRIVEN 1884; 200' VERTICAL SHAFT AND 25' DRIFT 1892. MINE SHUT DOWN BEFORE 1900.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 87, 194, AND PL. C

  • Deposit

    V. 32, NO. 3, P. 358

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.