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Fellowcraft 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028862
MRDS ID M006095
Record type Site
Current site name Fellowcraft Mine
Alternate or previous names Bode, Veritas
Related records 10162971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67184, 38.22047 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 1/4 MI. N. OF SAN ANDRES

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 004N 012E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NE 1/4

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 > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67184, 38.22047
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • JUST TO E IS CALAVERAS SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • 1852 , WORKED INTERMITTENTLY DURING 1860'S , 1870'S , 1880'S, 1890'S, 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 230 FT. INCLINED SHAFT ( 54 DEG ) SUNK ON W. VEIN AND WITH 3 LEVELS AT 50 , 100 , AND 200 FT. LEVELS. ON 100 AND 200 FT. LEVELS CROSSCUTS EXTEND TO E. VEIN, ADIT ALSO ON W. VEIN

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. 54 , 150 AND PL B

  • 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. 304

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1934 ) CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO PRINCIPAL VEIN SYSTEMS 100 - 135 FT APART, EACH OF QTZ STRINGERS, W VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT THICK AND E IS 4 TO 8 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

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