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Rindge No 1

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028829
MRDS ID M006052
Record type Site
Current site name Rindge No 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6024, 38.29685 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/2 MI E OF MOKELUMNE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Road Flat(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 012E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BEST ORE SAID TO BE ON 700 FT LEVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6024, 38.29685
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN MICA SCHIST IS ASSOCIATED W DIORITE DIKES

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 OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 225.55M

Comments on the workings information

  • 740 FT VERTICAL DOUBLE COMPARTMENT SHAFT. CROSSCUTS ON 200 , 40/ , 500 , 700 FT LEVELS, TOTALING SEVERAL THOUSAND FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 176

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 284

  • Production

    LOGAN, 1936

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RINDGE GROUP - NO 1 , NO 2 , NO 3 , & SCHOOLHOUSE - TOTALS 612 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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