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Peerless

Past Producer 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102593
MRDS ID M005009
Record type Site
Current site name Peerless
Alternate or previous names Seaton, Coulter, Homestake
Related records 10260395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83296, 38.4449 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE E. OF DRYTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(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 010E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.83296, 38.4449
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 65 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLACK SLATE FOOTWALL, METADIABASE TUFF HANGING WALL. SMALL QUARTZ VEIN DISCOVERED AT SURFACE THAT PROSPECTED WELL IN GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hobart (Estate), And Emma Rose

Comments on the production information

  • PRIOR TO 1868 HAD PRODUCED 10,000 TONS OF ORE THAT YIELDED $9 PER TON. IDLE MANY YEARS AND WORKED IN TWO LATER SHORT PERIODS. THERE IS NO RECORD OF FURTHER PRODUCTION, THOUGH THE TOTAL UP TO 1885 IS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT. CLAIM OF 21 ACRES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.499HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 950 FT ON CONTACT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P 195

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 45

  • Deposit

    STORM, E.M., 1900 , THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 45

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

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