Glo-Bar Mines

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284716
MRDS ID M005691
MAS/MILS ID 0060091361
Record type Site
Current site name Glo-Bar Mines
Related records 10028616

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.8593, 38.2462 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
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

Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 005 N 010 E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • Reference says "near Campo Seco." Location plotted on edge of Mokelumne River near Campo Seco.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.8593, 38.2462

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1940
Year of last production 1941
Production years 1940-1941

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1940-1941
    Material Gravel
    Ore mined 4500cy
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9984.21g
    Trace Silver Silver 1368.55g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-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.

Authoritative California resources

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