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Calaveras Hill Hydraulic Mine

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
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  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109162
MRDS ID M006154
Record type Site
Current site name Calaveras Hill Hydraulic Mine
Alternate or previous names Baldwin Property Claims: Calaveritas Hill Cons: Frenchy
Related records 10138674

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.62545, 38.15324 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR CALAVERITAS, ABOUT 5 MI. SE OF SAN ANDREAS; ON THE CENTRAL HILL CHANNEL SE1/4.

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 004N 012E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.62545, 38.15324
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE GRAVEL BANK AVERAGES 75' IN HEIGHT, WITH A WIDTH OF ABOUT 600' AND A LENGTH OF 2640'. ESTIMATED THERE ARE 4,400,000 CU. YDS. OF WORKABLE GRAVEL, AVERAGING 30? A YD. THE GRAVEL IS TIGHT BUT NOT CEMENTED. BEDROCK IS A SOFT, LAMINATED SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED 1901 AND AGAIN 1906, WHEN 1000 YDS. GRAVEL WASHED; 13,000 YDS, WASHED JAN-MAR. 1910; 1936-1939, 29,100 YDS. WASHED. HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS COMMENCED EARLY PART OF 1936, BUT CEASED WHEN HEAVY RAINS WASHED OUT THE DITCHES; OPERATIONS TO RESUME IN NOVEMBER. MAP GP-561 SHOWS 2 MINE LOCS. IN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 332-3, 357 AND PL. 6

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 40, P. 21 AND PL. 1 AND 2

  • Deposit

    COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 192 AND PL. C

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF. NO.4. USGS MAP GQ-222

Reporter information

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

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