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Oversite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029073
MRDS ID M006424
Record type Site
Current site name Oversite Mine
Related records 10259619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.49683, 38.09547 (WGS84)
Relative position ON BRUGGER TRACT, 2800' NE OF THE VALLECITO WESTERN MINE SHAFT, A FEW MI. NE OF ANGELS CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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 003N 013E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.49683, 38.09547
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 256' 2-COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK TO BEDROCK; CENTRAL HILL CHANNEL WAS THEN CROSSCUT AND DRIFTED ON FOR APPROX. 2200'. MOST OF THESE WORKINGS WERE IN THE SLATE BEDROCK, RAISES BEING DRIVEN UP TO TAP THE GRAVEL AT VARIOUS PLACES. A DEPTH OF AS MUCH AS 60' OF GRAVEL WAS FOUND, BUT MOST OF THE GOLD WAS ON BEDROCK OR IN THE 3' OF GRAVEL ABOVE IT. WORKED FROM 1928 TO 1931.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF GOLD REALIZED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 349

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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