Amador King

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028128
MRDS ID M004956
Record type Site
Current site name Amador King
Alternate or previous names Rhetta
Related records 10138444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84602, 38.53434 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES N. OF PLYMOUTH ON INDIAN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(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 008N 010E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84602, 38.53434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 60 - 80 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS; VEIN IN FOOTWALL DEVELOPED; FOOTWALL DIABASE, HANGING WALL BLACK SLATE; AVERAGE VEIN THICKNESS 4 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner See Amador Star Mine, This Sec.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 400 FT., DRIFT 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 117

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF
Deposit THIS MINE ADJACENT TO AND ASSOCIATED WITH AMADOR QUEEN #1 MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. 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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