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Purington Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029054
MRDS ID M006396
Record type Site
Current site name Purington Mine
Alternate or previous names Include Claims: Jack Rabbit, Bonanza, Amazon, Lundt & Dralmeyer, Golden Treasure
Related records 10113936

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.54969, 38.09823 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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 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 003N 013E 16,17,20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.54969, 38.09823
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMBINED PROPERTIES COVER ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES ALONG THE SUPPOSED COURSE OF THE CHANNEL. STRUCK GRAVEL IN THE JACKRABBIT NEAR THE OLD MONARCH LINE AND HAD ALSO RUN ABOUT 70' DOWNSTREAM IN THE GOLDEN TREASURE, BUT NOT IN PAY. GRAVEL IS CEMENTED. BEDROCK IS SLATE AND GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECENT PRODUCTION REPORTED UP TO NOV. 1923.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS OF JACKRABBIT MINE INCLUDED A 191' SHAFT AND DRIFTS TOTALING 1700' OR MORE, THE WORK HAVING BEEN DONE ABOUT 1900. GRAVEL SAID TO HAVE AVERAGED BETTER THAN $4 PER CU. YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 20, P. 7; V. 32, NO. 3, P. 360 AND PL. 6; SP. REPT. 41, P. 51-52 AND PL. 3

  • Deposit

    V. 32, NO. 3, P. 350, 357, AND 361

  • Deposit

    COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 199, 200, 204 AND PL. C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO.4: USGS MAP GQ-222

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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