1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Safe Deposit Mine

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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 10028727
MRDS ID M005887
Record type Site
Current site name Safe Deposit Mine
Related records 10284351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71712, 38.2538 (WGS84)
Relative position IN OLD WOMAN'S GULCH ABOUT 2 1/2 MI. S OF MOKELUMNE HILL; ON RED LEAD CHANNEL. 40 ACRES

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 Calaveras(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 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71712, 38.2538
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE EXPOSED GRAVEL, PARTLY CEMENTED, IS MIXED WITH CLAY, AND IS FROM 60-80' DEEP. GRAVEL STRUCK BY 376' E-TRENDING, INCLINED TUNNEL 1879.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST ACTIVE AND 5-STAMP MILL INSTALLED 1878. IDLED PRIOR TO 1900. ACTIVE AGAIN 1917-20, WHEN 27,400 YDS. GRAVEL WASHED. FROM 50-75 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL IS WASHED DAILY; SAID TO RUN ABOUT 50? A CU. YD. 2-4 MEN EMPLOYED IN 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 350, 363 AND PL. 7

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 206 AND PL. C

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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