Edna

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028758
MRDS ID M005940
Record type Site
Current site name Edna
Alternate or previous names Caldwell, Etna
Related records 10260325

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71407, 38.23935 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Relative position 4 MI. NW OF SAN ANDREAS NEAR SPRING GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(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 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71407, 38.23935

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 10.97M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Gold Bearing From Wall To Wall Except For Approx. 5 Ft. Near Middle

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ACTIVE EARLY 1890'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 44.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 145 FT. SHAFT WITH CROSS CUTTING & DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 148 AND PL B

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 12 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 92

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF.; JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 303

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, MINERALIZED DIKE, GRANULAR, BUFF COLORED, LG MASSES OF QTZ. SOME GOLD ON W. WALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. 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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