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Treasure Hazard

Producer in Amador 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028111
MRDS ID M004927
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Hazard
Related records 10235452

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.82769, 38.43129 (WGS84)
Relative position W. OF NE 1/4 SW 1/4 CTR. OF SEC. 1 MI. N. AMADOR CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 010E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.82769, 38.43129
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Treasure Mining Co

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 5000 TONS OF ORE PRIOR TO 1867;IDLE UNTIL ACQUIRED BY TREASURE MNG. CO. IN 1907 AND WORKED UNTIL 1922. IDLE SINCE. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT $1,000,000. A DISSEMINATED ORE BODY 700 FT. LONG AND 18 FT. WIDE IN SCHIST WAS DEVELOPED ON THE 1000 LEVEL; BEST ORE WAS ABOVE THE 2320 LEVEL. THE 1600 LEVEL WAS CONNECTED WITH THE 1500 LEVEL OF THE BUNKER HILL MINE TO THE SOUTH. CLAIM OF 22 ACRES

Comments on the workings information

  • A 1600-FT. INCLINED SHAFT, WINZES WHICH REACH INCLINED DEPTH OF 3030 FT.; LEVELS 160 FT. APART MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 108, P. 123, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 194, 260, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 63, 1900, CLAIM SHEET 1, SEC. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO. 4. USGS PROF. PAPER 157, P. 54-55

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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