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Sultana 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 10102724
MRDS ID M006489
Record type Site
Current site name Sultana Mine
Alternate or previous names Winters, Marshall, Bovee, Cushing
Related records 10235257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54545, 38.07408 (WGS84)
Relative position IN 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 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 003N 013E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 4.27M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4 VEINS NEAR SURFACE W/I 200 FT THICK ZONE. MAIN OF BARREN WHITE QUARTZ. 2 MAIN STRINGER VEINS, CALLED EAST & WEST, ARE SEPERATED BY A LAYER OF SOFT SCHIST & LIE BETWEEN HARD SCHIST OUTER WALLS. E VEIN IS 5 FT & W VEIN IS 14 FT THICK. W VEIN HAS A HARD DIORITE FOOTWALL & HEAVY TALCOSE SLATE HANGING WALL, W. DIP OF 65 FT. EAST VEIN HARD DIORITE HANGING WALL HAS DIP OF 80 E. VEINS ARE PARALLEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • IN LAST PERIOD, MOST ORE WAS LOW-GRADE. LITTLE TAKEN OUT BELOW 300-FT LEVEL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.094HA
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS TO DEPTH OF 700 FT. STOPES FROM 300 LEVEL TO SURFACE. AT 700 FT LEVEL DRIFTS ON WEST VEIN 150 FT, & ON E VEIN 75 FT.

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. 34 - 35 , 182 , PL B

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 320

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P 147 - 148

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 108

  • Production

    LOGAN, 1935

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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