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Rich Gulch Mines

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 10028907
MRDS ID M006161
Record type Site
Current site name Rich Gulch Mines
Alternate or previous names Sparrow Hawk, Albert, Iowa
Related records 10138366

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.62879, 38.3188 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

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 012E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 IN RICH GULCH AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BEST ORE IS IN POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.62879, 38.3188
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 7 PARALLEL VEINS EXTENDING FROM ADJOINING ILEX PROPERTY INTO NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC 2 . THE SERIES IS CUT BY A VEIN STRIKING N 22 E WHICH, ON SPARROW HAWK CLAIM, HAS A WIDTH OF 2 FT, AND IS SAID TO BE TRACABLE FOR 3000 FT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • TWO POCKETS YIELDED $4,000 . FROM IOWA MINE PORTION OF PROPERTY. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 54.23HA
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ON S TIGER VEIN A 700 FT ADIT, W DRIFTS AND RAISE 65 FT. ALSO 200 FT ADIT.

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. 283 , 284 , 317

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, POCKETS
Deposit 134 ACRES UNDER AGRICULTURAL PATENT AND 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 3000 FT IN LENGTH CALLED SPARROW-HAWK & ALERT CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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