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Homestake

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029401
MRDS ID M006904
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake
Related records 10260268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.38906, 38.13935 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 5 MI E OF MURPHYS 1 MI E OF STANISLAUS

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 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 014E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE 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) -120.38906, 38.13935
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND VEINS
    Thickness 2.44M
    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 1890'S AND 1938 - 1942

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. 158

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , 12TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., P. 93

  • 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. 308

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS 3 TO 8 FT APART WITH SEPARATING SCHIST CRUSHED, FOOTWALL IS WELL DEFINED WHILE HANGING WALL IS NOT WELL DEFINED FOR ANY GREAT DISTANCES. BRANCHING AND INTERCONNECTING VEINLETS MAY UNITE TO FORM VEIN UP TO 8 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

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