Clinton Consolidated

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Iron
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. 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 10028293
MRDS ID M005187
Record type Site
Current site name Clinton Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Union Consolidated
Related records 10138525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66001, 38.38891 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES N.E. OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(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 012E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • Used PLS and GIS to correct Lat/Long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA, IRON, IRON SULFIDES; ALSO OCCURS AS TELLURIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1/2 % OF IRON SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66001, 38.38891

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 56 NW
    Thickness 10.36M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Wieland

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 680 FT. ON ONE VEIN INTERSECTED BY ADIT 1000 FT. LEADING FROM OTHER VEIN AND CROSSING INTERSECTION OF VEINS AT 280 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 142 - 143

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 188

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 26

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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