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Chappellet El Encino

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109151
MRDS ID M005931
Record type Site
Current site name Chappellet El Encino
Related records 10235476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73545, 38.23963 (WGS84)
Relative position ON CHILI GULCH CHANNEL 4 MI. S OF MOKELUMNE HILL. N1/2; TAILINGS ON GQ-222 IN APPROX. CTR. W 1/2 OF SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(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 005N 011E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73545, 38.23963
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CEMENTED GRAVEL CONTAINS RHYOLITE FRAGMENTS, IS OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR TO 1893. DRIFT MINE. 1100' BEDROCK DRAINAGE TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1895; DRAGLINE SCRAPER USED TO WORK OLD TAILINGS 1924; TRACTOR-DRAWN SCRAPER, TROMMEL, AND SLUICES USED 1936. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 5 AIR SHAFTS, CAVED DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 193

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V.32, NO.3, P.339; REPT. 21, P.161; REPT. 12, P. 91

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ-222

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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