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Finnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Co.

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 10028991
MRDS ID M006301
Record type Site
Current site name Finnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Claims: Finnegan, Finnegan Ext., Finnegan Purchase, Tarbot Homesite
Related records 10114436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50489, 38.02297 (WGS84)
Elevation 494
Relative position ON NE SLOPE CARSON HILL JUST W OF MORGAN HILL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angels Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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 002N 013E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SW 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50489, 38.02297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

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 1856 - 1931OVER $100000 PRODUCED SINCE 1897.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 141.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS, BULL VEIN EXCAVATED TO FORM MORGAN GLORY HOLE, AND TWO ADITS, AND 350 FT INCLINED SHAFT ON E VEIN 465 FT ADIT, 400 FT E ADIT

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. 44 , 49 - 50 , 143 , 150 AND PL B.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 108 , P. 139

  • 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

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, BULL VEIN WITH 100 FT THICK ZONE OF MINERALIZED SCHIST ON FOOTWALL

Reporter information

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

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