The Downs is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.46111, -120.60417
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Downs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Downs
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Peter Barone
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1877
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
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SLATE FOOTWALL, GREENSTONE HANGING WALL; VEIN IN FOOTWALL, COMPOSED OF CRUSHED SLATE GOUGE.
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES ASSOCIATED WITH ORE
Comment (Production): CLAIM OF 17 ACRES. NO EVIDENCE OF AU IN 13
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS 433 , 420 FT; 3 ORE SHOOTS 250 , 250 , 60 FT.
References
Reference (Production): IRELAND, WM. JR., 1887
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 243
Reference (Deposit): IRELAND, WM. JR., 1887 , SIXTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 6, P. 20 - 21
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