Napoleon Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162830
MAS/MILS ID 0060090152
Record type Site
Current site name Napoleon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.73021, 37.92711 (WGS84)
Elevation 355
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Joaquin River(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 001 N 011 E 23 NEC California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.73021, 37.92711

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 70S
    Width 15.2M
    Area 350HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Strike And Dip N70W:70S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 350
    Date of Last Modification 800818

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. A. Nutter
    Interest 33
    Home office California
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner S. H. Nutter
    Interest 33
    Home office California
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Katherine Tynes
    Interest 33
    Home office California
    Year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 62
    Number of Inclines 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEYL,G.R.,1948,ZINC-COPPER MINES OF THE QUAIL HILL AREA,CALA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY,CALIF.,CALIF.DIV.MINES BULL.144,P.122-124.PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    N THE NAPOLEON COPPER MINE BY E.HNUTTER,OWNER.ERIC,J.H.,1948

  • Deposit

    TED LIST OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIF.CALIF.DIV.MINES BULL 14

  • Deposit

    LOGAN,C.A.,AND FRANCE,H.A.,1936A,MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    AVERAS COUNTY:CALIF.DIV.MINES REPT.32,P.314

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NAPOLEON MINE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN MAJOR COPPER MI MINERALIZED AREA IS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN QUARTZ PORPHY & FELSI 942-43 THE MOUNTAIN COPPER CO.LTDREHABILITATED THE THIRD SHA OTHER TWO SHAFTS ARE COMPLETELY CAVED IN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.