Red Cross

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077895
MRDS ID W025968
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cross
Alternate or previous names Omega
Related records 10117629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.44517, 37.95824 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 2 MILES N.W. OF JAMESTOWN, ON THE N. SLOPE OF TABLE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 014E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.44517, 37.95824

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 62 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE ON FOOTWALL, SLATE HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 36.018HA

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 630 FT ON FOOTWALL; CROSSCUT ADIT 100 FT WITH DRIFT 500 FT. ON TWO OTHER LEVELS CROSSCUTS TO VEIN WITH DRIFTS 200 FT. AND 175 FT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PYRITE 2 % OF ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 158

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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