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Excelsior

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034539
MRDS ID M021357
Record type Site
Current site name Excelsior
Related records 10141751

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.08155, 38.06075 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NE OF CONFIDENCE, Assumed At Center Of Local Activity.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hull Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N;003N 016E;016E 01;36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.08155, 38.06075
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Encountered At Base Of Vertical Shaft, Where Deposit Was Probably Cut-Off.

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 35 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED IN 1860 'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 235 FT.; INCLINED SHAFT 200 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1928 , REPT. TWENTY-FOUR OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CDM REPT. 24 , P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-78 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 12-NOV-97 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-98 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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