The Fort Ann is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 2,339 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,339 Feet (713 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.48833, -120.63056
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Fort Ann MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fort Ann
Secondary: Acme
Secondary: Robinson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Metcalf, William L.
Years: 1953 -
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): CAVED SHAFT 300 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN AND QUARTZ STRINGERS
Comment (Location): E 1/2 OF SECT 2 .
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE IN QUARTZ STRINGERS
Comment (Production): WORKED PRIOR TO 1895, TAILINGS WORKED IN 1934, WORKED 1935-1941. NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1941 BUT MAINTENANCE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. PRODUCED SOME LEAD AND COPPER FROM CONCENTRATES SHIPPED BETWEEN 1934-50
References
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG, VOL. 50 , P. 179
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 66
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P 14
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
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