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Peek Ranch

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 10028918
MRDS ID M006175
Record type Site
Current site name Peek Ranch
Related records 10114514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68768, 38.31213 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI NE 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

Mokelumne Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(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 05,06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SW 1/4 SEC 5 , SE 1/4 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68768, 38.31213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 E
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOOTWALL GRANODIORITE, HANGING WALL OF SLATE, SERIES OF NS & EW VEINS, 6 - 20 FT THICK

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 RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 113.316HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 950 FT ADIT GIVING 500 ;T OF BACKS

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. 173

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 315

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 100

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS
Deposit AGRICULTURAL PATENT ; 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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