San Bruno

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10029325
MRDS ID M006793
Record type Site
Current site name San Bruno
Alternate or previous names Good Hope

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.57907, 38.35963 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/2 MI. NE OF MOKELUMNE HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Road Flat(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 006N 013E 19,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 19 GOOD HOPE, NW 1/4 TO SAN BRUNO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.57907, 38.35963

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 60 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4 - 6 FT. VEIN IN SLATE & SCHIST W DIORITE DIKES - SAN BRUNO A 1 - 3 FT. VEIN IN MICA SCHIST & SLATE STRIKES N - GOOD HOPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENSIVELY WORKED IN NOTED YEARS-WHEN OUTPUT REACHED $10,000/MO.

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF DRIFT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., & LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 155 , 178 , PL

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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