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Cal-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 10029099
MRDS ID M006459
Record type Site
Current site name Cal-Gold Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Parnell, Benson, Hoffman
Related records 10186956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.58268, 38.08185 (WGS84)
Elevation 448
Relative position 1 MI W. OF ALTAVILLE

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 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO ASSAY $15 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE
    Width 19.81M

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 PRE 1880 , 1890'S - 1909 , 80 FT ON FOOTWALL SIDE SAID TO ASSAY $15 PER TON. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 23.068HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 510 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 AND 500 FT WITH MOST OF DRIFTING ON 100 AND 200 FT LEVELS

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. 34 - 35 , 41 - 42 , 137 AND PL B AND P. 173

  • 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 247

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, HANGING WALL AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST, FOOTWALL SLATE AND PHYLLITE
Deposit VEIN SAID TO PASS THROUGH OSBORN AND PARNELL PROPERTIES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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