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Eagle-Shawmut Mine

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263347
MRDS ID W025943
MAS/MILS ID 0061090062
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle-Shawmut Mine
Alternate or previous names Belmont-Shawmut Mine, Eagle-Shawmut
Related records 10077877

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.401, 37.86802 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinese Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 S 014 E 11 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Belmont-Shawmut Mining Co.
    Year 1928
    Last year 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 18, 1900, P. 132-133.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 18, 1922, P. 99, 748-750

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DEPT. MINES & MINING REPORT 24, 1928, P. 14-16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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