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Mountain King, Mountain Queen Pitts

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102598
MRDS ID M005183
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain King, Mountain Queen Pitts
Alternate or previous names Pitts
Related records 10138451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66073, 38.40684 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position AT PINE GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(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 006N 012E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICHEST ORE CONTAINS AURIFEROUS GALENA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66073, 38.40684
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 2 SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS ON PROPERTY, ONE TRENDING NORTH THE OTHER EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pitts, William B.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECT WORK IN 1924 . REPORTED PRODUCTION WAS $18,000 . FURTHER ACTIVITY IN 1936 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 44.517HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 265 , 125 FT., DRIFTS, AN ADIT; SHAFTS NEAR INTERSECTION OF VEINS BUT NO SUBSTANTIAL DISCOVERY MADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1923 , AUBURN FIELD DIVISION - AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 20 , P. 74 - 75

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 38 - 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION BRIEF

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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