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Sargent

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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028198
MRDS ID M005051
Record type Site
Current site name Sargent
Alternate or previous names Sargent and Marlette
Related records 10211444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74907, 38.30213 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES S. OF JACKSON ON MOKELUMNE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mokelumne Hill(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 005N 011E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74907, 38.30213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 65 E
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 4 TO 10 FT. THICK WITH THICK SECTION OF GOUGE ON FOOTWALL; SLATE FOOTWALL, DIORITE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Bay Municipal Utility District
    Home office Oakland, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 78.107HA

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 120 FT.; SEPARATE FROM SHAFT IS A CROSSCUT TO VEIN 170 FT. WITH 300 FT. DRIFT AND 200 FT. WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 258

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 107

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 195

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 45

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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