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Rising Sun

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034620
MRDS ID M021466
Record type Site
Current site name Rising Sun
Related records 10287571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.22933, 38.00548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES S.W. OF CONFIDENCE, ON THE E. SIDE OF TURNBACK CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twain Harte(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

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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 016E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.22933, 38.00548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 E
    Dip 45 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HEAVY MINERALIZED CLAY SLATES ON HANGING WALL, SILICEOUS SLATES ON FOOTWALL. DIORITE ENCOUNTERED AT LOWER REACHES OF SHAFT. THE QUARTZ VEIN HAVES AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 12 INCHES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Belt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS: UPPER ADIT 250 FT ON VEIN; LOWER ADIT CROSSCUTS FORMATION 300 FT. INCLINED SHAFT ON VEIN 420 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST CMB REPT. 11 , P. 502

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 161

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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