Woodhouse Mine

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235330
MRDS ID M006754
MAS/MILS ID 0060091706
Record type Site
Current site name Woodhouse Mine
Related records 10029301

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.57021, 38.37661 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(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 006 N 013 E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 1.75 MI SOUTHEAST OF WEST POINT ON HWY 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.57021, 38.37661

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Troy Gold Industries Ltd
    ID 404523
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/05/1982
MSHA mine ID0404523
Mine name (MSHA)Woodhouse Mine
Current operatorTroy Gold Industries Ltd
Current controller (parent)Farrell James A
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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