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Lightner Mine Eastland

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029120
MRDS ID M006488
Record type Site
Current site name Lightner Mine Eastland
Alternate or previous names Eastland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54268, 38.07408 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position BETWEEN UTICA AND ANGELS CAMP 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 003N 013E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGE TONNAGES OF LOW-GRADE ORE, WHEN MINE CLOSED THERE WAS SUPPOSIDLY 200,000 TONS OF ORE LEFT ABOVE 300 FT LEVEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54268, 38.07408
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

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 1857 , 1896 - 1910 , 1910 - 1915

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST MINED AT SURFACE THEN EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND METHODS BY A 1050 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT EVERY 100 FT DOWN TO 600 FT

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 , 60 - 61 , 162 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P 143 - 144 AND PL 6

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 311

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, VEIN ZONE UP TO 120 FT WIDE. DIP FROM STEEP TO VERTICLE. ABOVE 600 FT LEVEL ORE IS MINERALIZED SCHIST AND SLATE WITH QUARTZ AND TALC, BELOW THIS LEVEL THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT VEIN ZONES. A VEIN OF TALC CROSSES THE MAIN VEIN BETWEEN 500 AND 600 FT LEVELSMAIN VEIN REPORTED 120 FT WIDE BETWEEN 4TH AND 6TH L ELS OF WORKINGS, BUT SPLIT INTO 3 STRANDS ON THE 6TH LEVEL, 100 FT N OF SHAFT. CLAIMS COVERS AT LEAST 420 FT.

Reporter information

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

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