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Red Oak

Prospect 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028133
MRDS ID M004962
Record type Site
Current site name Red Oak
Related records 10187589

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84324, 38.47018 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position SW 1/4 SE 1/4

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 11 California

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84324, 38.47018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SURFACE EXPOSURES OF QUARTZ VEIN ARE MORE THAN HALF THE LENGTH OF THE 1500 FT. CLAIM LENGTH; CLAY GOUGE OCCURS ON WEST SIDE OF VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEPEST SHAFT 80 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 121

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 122

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF

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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