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Mitchell Or Martin Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10028785
MRDS ID M005981
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Or Martin Mine
Related records 10259783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.60656, 37.91241 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 5 MI S OF COPPEROPOLIS 2 1/2 MI N OF TULLOCH DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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 001N 012E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.60656, 37.91241
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

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 PRIOR TO AND DURING 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 35 AND 80 FT SHAFT 55 FT APART

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 275

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO PARALLEL VEINS, QUARTZ AND PORPHYRY STRINGERS FROM 6 IN TO 3 FT.

Reporter information

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

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

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