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Liberty Bell 1 , 2 and 3

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102785
MRDS ID M006798
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Bell 1 , 2 and 3
Alternate or previous names Wagner and Santa Maria
Related records 10138265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54962, 38.3563 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 12 MI NE OF MOKELUMNE HILL, 2 MI NW OF R.R. FLATWEST OF WOLVERINE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rail Road Flat(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 013E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE FROM DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54962, 38.3563
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 80 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 60 FT S. DRIFT

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 162

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 268

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, THREE PARALLEL VEINS .5 TO 6 FT THICK WITH SLATE FOOTWALL AND GRANODIORITE HANGING WALL

Reporter information

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

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