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Golden Eagle

Occurrence 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028211
MRDS ID M005072
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle
Alternate or previous names Triumph
Related records 10114236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8088, 38.40323 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position ON SOUTHERN SLOPE AND RIDGE DIVIDING WESTERN SHEDS OF SUTTER AND AMADOR CREEK.

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 006N 011E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 OF SEC 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -120.8088, 38.40323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DIORITE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL. IN THE HANGING WALL RICH QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR, DIPPING WEST TOWARD THE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Helen Crotty

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS 20 TO 45 FT. ABANDONED DUE TO HARDNESS OF GREENSTONE OR PINCHING OUT OF QUARTZ VEIN. ONE SHAFT 100 FT. WITH CROSSCUT 100 FT IN FOOTWALL, INTERSECTION GOUGE CHANNEL 10 FT THICK, ABOUT 10 FT FROM SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, W.D. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 246

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 113 - 114

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 190

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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