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Red Hill

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028328
MRDS ID M005233
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill
Related records 10138520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6749, 38.41934 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE S.W. OF PINE GROVE

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 007N 012E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6749, 38.41934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheared And Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Production years INTERMITTANTLY 1946 - 1949

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Claude Hanley
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED INTERMITTENTLY FROM DISCOVERY IN 1946 TO 1949,WHEN WORK WAS STOPPED; IDLE SINCE. MINE WAS UNDER LEASE TO H. P. LIVINGSTON AND APPROX. $5,000 IN GOLD WAS PRODUCED. A 20 TON MILL WAS ERECTED ON THE PROPERTY BUT NEVER OPERATED AND WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER MINE. SOME PRODUCTION BY OWL MNG. CO. 1, 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • 84 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 120 FT., AT 100 FT LEVEL DRIFT 58 FT, AT 100 FT. LEVEL CROSSCUTS 130 FT.

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. 192

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1954, V. 3, P. 201

  • Production

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954

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

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