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Carlton

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10034654
MRDS ID M021517
Record type Site
Current site name Carlton
Related records 10114253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.5474, 38.3913 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 2 MI W OF WEST POINT ON RIDGE N OF MIDDLE FORK MOKELUMNE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(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 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE $110 PER TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.5474, 38.3913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Series Of Dikes Cut Vein At Varying Distances Parallel To Mountain And Dip Into It At An Angle Of 45 Deg. Ore Onboth Sides Of Dikes, Emplacement Of Dikes Subsequent To Vein Formation

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 17.807HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 160 FT SHAFT, AND SEVERAL ADITS UP TO 352 FT LONG, RAISE

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 142 AND PLB

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 100

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1922 , NOTES ON WEST POINT DISTRICT, CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF JOUR. MINES & GEOL 18TH REPORT STATE MIN. PG 18

  • 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 300

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1922 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

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

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