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Calaveras Consolidated 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102699
MRDS ID M006331
Record type Site
Current site name Calaveras Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Carson Hill Gold Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50072, 38.01019 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position ON S SLOPE CARSEN HILL AT ROBINSON'S FERRY

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)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 013E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OVER 1500 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM TRENCHES. ORE ZONE AVERAGED 7 FT IN WIDTH, SUGARY CRUSHED QUARTZ WITH SCHIST CASING BEST ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SULFIDES AVERAGED 2 % CONTENT OF ORE , ORE AVERAGED $3 - $68 PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50072, 38.01019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip 65 NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY 1890'S, 1913 - 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 2.428HA

Comments on the workings information

  • GLORY HOLE DEVELOPED AT SURFACE, 1400 FT N. ADIT, 600 FT SHAFT, EXTENSIVE TRENCHING OVER CLAIM AREAS. EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED BY WINZES, DRIFTS AND E-W CROSSCUTS. STOPING FROM SEVERAL LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , P. 135 - 137

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1915 ,: CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 73

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1935 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, POSSIBLY MAIN STRAND OF MOTHER LODE, MANY STRANDS OF VEIN OFTEN GAVE HIGH ASSAYS. VEIN FROM 6 - 12 FT THICK
Deposit CONTAINS 17 PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH INCLUDE SANTA CRUZ, IVANDHOE, MEXICAN, EXTENSION, RELEIF, STEVENS AND BROWN. ALL PART OF CARSON HILL MINES HOLDINGS. ; 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

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