| Deposit ID | 10162830 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060090152 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Napoleon Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.73021, 37.92711 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 355 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Calaveras |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 001 N | 011 E | 23 | NEC | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -120.73021, 37.92711 |
|---|
| Strike | N70W | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70S | ||||||||||||||||
| Width | 15.2M | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | 350HA | ||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1860 |
| Year of first production | 1865 |
| District name | Mother Lode Belt |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | County |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060090152 |
HEYL,G.R.,1948,ZINC-COPPER MINES OF THE QUAIL HILL AREA,CALA
COUNTY,CALIF.,CALIF.DIV.MINES BULL.144,P.122-124.PRELIMINARY
N THE NAPOLEON COPPER MINE BY E.HNUTTER,OWNER.ERIC,J.H.,1948
TED LIST OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIF.CALIF.DIV.MINES BULL 14
LOGAN,C.A.,AND FRANCE,H.A.,1936A,MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES
AVERAS COUNTY:CALIF.DIV.MINES REPT.32,P.314
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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