Clover Leaf

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028698
MRDS ID M005839
Record type Site
Current site name Clover Leaf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71712, 38.29713 (WGS84)
Relative position ON W SLOPE STOCKTON HILL. SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 011E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71712, 38.29713

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON CHILI GULCH DEEP BLUE LEAD CHANNEL. BEDROCK AT 420' DEPTH; BLUE CEMENTED GRAVEL MINED BY 100' BREASTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • DRIFT MINE. BY 1900 WORKINGS, INCLUDING 15 SHAFTS, TOTALED 4700'. WORKED THROUGH 1800' TUNNEL IN 1915.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 194; V. 32, NO. 3, P. 358

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.