The Thorpe Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.20806, -120.62333
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Thorpe Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thorpe Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Analytical Data: 3 % SULFIDES
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE MOSTLY AT INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND MINOR FISSURING. LEVELS SHOW FAIR VALUES
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4 JUST W OF HWY 49
Comment (Production): WORKED IN SMALL WAY BEFORE 1894; PRODUCED A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS IN 1895
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): 700 FT MAIN SHAFT AT 55 DEG, FLOODED. STOPING ON 300-, 400-, AND 500-FT LEVEL. ALSO 600 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): ZONE OF PARALLEL QTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS IN AMPHIBOLITE AND CHLORITE SCHIST. SMALL AMOUNTS OF TALC & SERICITE SCHIST ADJACENT. PHYLLITE AND SLATE TO THE WEST. THICKNESS OF 3 MAIN VEINS AVE 15 FT BUT REACHES 50 FT. VEINS ARE MOSTLY IN SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32, P. 320
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 121
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., & LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 70 - 71, 184 & PL B
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 121
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
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