Treasure Hazard

The Treasure Hazard is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Treasure Hazard

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Amador

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Treasure Mining Co

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 5000 TONS OF ORE PRIOR TO 1867;IDLE UNTIL ACQUIRED BY TREASURE MNG. CO. IN 1907 AND WORKED UNTIL 1922. IDLE SINCE. TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT $1,000,000. A DISSEMINATED ORE BODY 700 FT. LONG AND 18 FT. WIDE IN SCHIST WAS DEVELOPED ON THE 1000 LEVEL; BEST ORE WAS ABOVE THE 2320 LEVEL. THE 1600 LEVEL WAS CONNECTED WITH THE 1500 LEVEL OF THE BUNKER HILL MINE TO THE SOUTH. CLAIM OF 22 ACRES

Comment (Workings): A 1600-FT. INCLINED SHAFT, WINZES WHICH REACH INCLINED DEPTH OF 3030 FT.; LEVELS 160 FT. APART MILL.

Comment (Deposit): ADD. REF. NO. 4. USGS PROF. PAPER 157, P. 54-55

References

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 108, P. 123, PL. 3

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 194, 260, PL. 1

Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 63, 1900, CLAIM SHEET 1, SEC. 1

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