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Canepa Mine

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102694
MRDS ID M006309
Record type Site
Current site name Canepa Mine
Related records 10187287

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52544, 38.02658 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Relative position 1 MI W OF TOWN OF CARSON HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angels Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 013E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICH POCKETS FOUND, HIGH GRADE QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52544, 38.02658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • FREE MILLING ORE, ACTIVE EARLY 1890'S. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 75 FT SHAFT

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

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 300

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, HARROW QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit PATENTED CLAIM. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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