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Our Flag Etal

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 10029396
MRDS ID M006898
Record type Site
Current site name Our Flag Etal
Related records 10187468

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.47878, 38.01824 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI E OF MELONES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(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 002N 014E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL RICH POCKETS

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.47878, 38.01824
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL NARROW VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • POCKETS WORKED IN 1896 , PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1930S .A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED FROM POCKETS WORKED IN 1896. SITE PROSPECTED IN EARLY 1930'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 3.238HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT ADIT

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. 172 & PL B

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 315

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, POCKETS

Reporter information

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

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