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Quartz Glenn

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 10028944
MRDS ID M006223
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Glenn
Alternate or previous names Foote and Thompson Mine
Related records 10235486

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.63045, 38.33769 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 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 006N 012E 26,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SW 1/4 26 NW 1/4 35 ; NEAR RICH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD ORE POCKETS

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.63045, 38.33769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • 5 - 6 FT AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEIN ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE ON W & MICA SCHIST ON E. ORE SHOOT IN 2ND ADIT IS 120 FT WIDE AND PITCHES N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN, BUT OLDER RECORDS INDICATE ABOVE $300,000 $200,000 IN 1872 FOR A 2-YEARS RUN ON ORE TAKEN OUT TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 37.232HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS; NO 1 , CROSS CUT TO VEIN - 324 FT; NO 2 & NO 3 FOLLOW VEIN 1563 AND 1100 FT RESPECTIVELY AT LEAST ONE SHAFT 120 FT DEEP

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. 66 , 67 , 175

  • 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

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, POCKETS, ORE SHOOTS
Deposit COMPRISES PATENTED QUARTZ AND PLACER 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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