Peterson

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

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Peterson

State:  California

County:  Amador

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.4075, -120.67444

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Peterson MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Peterson


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: California
County: Amador


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Peterson, William F.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED


Structure

Type: L
Description: N.E. Trending Block Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SELECTED ORE ASSAYED $40 TO $60/TON AND BETTER WHILE MILL RUN ORE ASSAYED $30/TON.


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS AT 65 , 200 , 270 FT. LEVELS; 2 LOWER ADITS CAVED, MINOR STOPING CONFINED TO UPPER ADIT.

Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC. 5

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LARGEST VEIN AND SECONDARY VEINS TREND NORTH WHILE OTHER IMPORTANT VEINS STRIKE EAST; ALL VEINS ARE NEARLY VERTICAL. ONE HEAVILY MINERALIZED ZONE ENCOUNTERED, 50 TO 60 FT THICK, 560 FT. FROM PORTAL.

Comment (Commodity): ORE CONSISTS OF LEAF GOLD AND DISSEMINATED GOLD IN QUARTZ, ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE

Comment (Production): PURCHASED BY PETERSON IN 1931 AND OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1942 WITH TOTAL GOLD OUTPUT APPROX.$250,000.PRODUCTION RESUMED IN 1948. IN 1952 THE OLD 200-FT. LEVEL WAS BEING REOPENED. ONLY A SMALL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN RECORDED SINCE 1948 SINCE MOST OF THE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPMENT WORK. SELECTED ORE ASSAYS $40 TO $60 AND BETTER PER TON WHILE THE MILL RUN ORE ASSAYS ABOUT $30 PER TON . SOME PROD. IN 1954 BY OWL MNG. CO. PROBABLY THE WORKING SHOWN IN THE NE 1/4 OF THIS SEC. ON USGS QUAD. PINE GROVE, CALIF., 1949, IS THIS MINE


References

Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B.

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 189


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