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Kimball Group

Occurrence in Amador 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095068
MRDS ID M005252
Record type Site
Current site name Kimball Group
Related records 10211429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.57045, 38.43934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES E OF VOLCANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 013E 19,20,21,28,29,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINS HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.57045, 38.43934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS WITH AN OVERALL THICKNESS OF 18 IN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer (East Belt)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kimball, A. F.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS 200 , 115 , 70 FT, ADIT 400 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P. 191

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS GROUP INCLUDES THE LUCKY STRIKE OR PIONEER LUCK STRIKE MINING CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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