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Lindsey

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 10029123
MRDS ID M006493
Record type Site
Current site name Lindsey
Alternate or previous names Black George, Machu, San Antonio
Related records 10138209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55462, 38.06797 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Relative position 1/2 MI W OF ANGELS CAMP, 1/2 MI S 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 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 E1/2 W1/2.

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE 1882 - 1888 AND EARLY 1900'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 9.713HA
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUT AND 100 FT VERTICLE AND 65 FT INCLINED SHAFTS

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 , 162 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 111

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, GREENSTONE HANGING WALL SLATE FOOTWALL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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