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Yellowstone

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  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 10102718
MRDS ID M006466
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowstone
Related records 10186996

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.58434, 38.08185 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI NW OF ANGELS CAMP

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 Calaveras(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 003N 013E 30 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 > Phyllite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON MOTHER LODE. CRAWFORD, 1896 , SAYS IT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND LENSES OF QZ IN SLATY, SPLINTERY & SCHISTOSE DIABASE, ALTERED TO CHLORITIC & TALCOSE SCHISTS. RETICULATED SYSTEMS OF SMALL QZ VEINS COMMON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Smith'S Flat

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 7.689HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND RECENT SURFACE PROSPECTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 188

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., STROMQUIST, A.A., & SWINNY, C.M., 1955 , GEOL. OF THE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA QUADS., CALAVERAS & TUOLOMNE COS.: CALIF. DIV. MINES SPEC. REPORT. 41 , P. 51 , PL 3

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , 12 TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., P. 97 & 100

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, LENSES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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