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Caucasian Consolidated

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028130
MRDS ID M004958
Record type Site
Current site name Caucasian Consolidated
Related records 10162620

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84574, 38.53323 (WGS84)
Elevation 358
Relative position E 1/2 W 1/2 NEAR CTR. OF SEC

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

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SECTION 23

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84574, 38.53323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 E
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL; QUARTZ VEIN AVERAGES 4 TO 5 FT.; VEIN ON CLAIM BELIEVED TO BE A SPUR OF A MAIN VEIN 80 FT. EAST OF SURFACE EXPOSURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Plymouth

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Mcgee
    First year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS 85 , 85 , 104 FT, ADIT 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1953 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG, VOL. 50 , P. 241

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 120

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

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