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Easyz Bird

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028936
MRDS ID M006210
Record type Site
Current site name Easyz Bird
Alternate or previous names Big Pine, Le Rio, Outlook, Pacific
Related records 10284200

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6974, 38.31297 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 012E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC S 1/2 , CNTR OF SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHOOTS GEN 15 - 20 FT LONG AND 100 - 360 FT. LONG, FORMED AT VEIN INTERSECTIONS, SOME POCKETS FOUND

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU TO AG RATIO 4:1 , SULFIDES CARRY 90 % OF AU ORE

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) -120.6974, 38.31297
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beatty Fault Displaces Vein 50 Ft To N

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALAVERAS SLATE IS COUNTRY ROCK ON E. END OF PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1898 - 1907 , 1914 - 1917 , 1931 , 1933 - 1938 , 1938 - 1942 - $4 - 6 PER TON AVE ORE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 186.162HA
    Overall depth 92.35M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 303 FT VERTICLE SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS TO VEIN AT 100 , 200 AND 300 FT. DRIFT ON THESE LEVELS EXTEND 1100 FT NE AND 900 FT SW. ADIT FROM S CONNECTS 100 FT LEVEL, SHRINKAGE STOPE MINING

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. 52 , 148 AND PLB

  • 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. 251 - 253

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, DIP ON EASYZ BIRD VEIN FROM 2 - 40 FT IN THICKNESS, HANGING WALL IS GRANODIORITE, FOOTWALL IS SLATE. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PARALLEL AND INTERSECTING VEINS, WITH MAIN TWO BEING BLUE BIRD AND HUMMINGBIRD. EASYZ BIRD VEIN IS INTERSECTED BY 13 VEINS STRIKING N. EASYZ VEIN IS FAULT-FISSURE VEIN. SERIES OF 13 VEINS INCLUDE J. P. MORGAN, CHALLENGER AND FRACTION VEINS

Reporter information

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

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