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Esmeralda and Sunrise

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029224
MRDS ID M006640
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda and Sunrise
Related records 10210961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52879, 38.15852 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position ON RIDGE BTWN INDIAN AND SAN ANTONIO CREEKS, E. OF ESMERALDA SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(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 004N 013E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC N 1/2 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED $32 PER TON AU AVE 1888

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes Reported With Ore Shoots.

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip 68 N
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS BODIES OF TALL IN COUNTRY ROCK SLATE, JUST TO S IS GREEN SCHIST. SLATES ARE OF CALAVERAS FMN.

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 IN 1886 - APPROX 1900

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 430 FT. INCLINED, SHAFT AND AT LEAST 500 FT. OF DRIFTS

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 , 53 , 149 AND PL B

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTY; 13 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 103

  • Production

    CLARK ( 1962 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 - 4 FT THICK, DIKE REPORTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ORE SHOOTS.

Reporter information

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

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