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Bon Ton Mine

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 10029196
MRDS ID M006597
Record type Site
Current site name Bon Ton Mine
Related records 10211322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.48823, 38.18213 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position S. SIDE SAN ANTONIO CREEK 2 MI SW OF SHEEP RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 013E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST, SE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE ORE, FREE MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip N
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO PARALLEL VEINS AVERAGE 2 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1882 , 1933 - 1938

Comments on the production information

  • BASE ORE, FREE MILLING, ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1933 - 38

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 5.261HA
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY BY 125 FT SHAFT WHICH WAS BEING DEEPENED IN 1936 AND A 150 FT SE ADIT WAS BEING DRIVEN TO CONTACT VEIN ORIGINAL WORKINGS INCLUDE A 500 FT DRIFT ON VEIN

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 36 , 140 AND PLB

  • 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 245 , 299

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO PARALLEL VEINS AVERAGE 2 FT IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

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

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