The Gottschalk Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 810 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: 810 Feet (247 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.21194, -120.69611
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Gottschalk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gottschalk 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 110 FT AND A 492 FT SHAFT WHICH CONNECTS TO A 500 FT ADIT ON 192 FT LEVEL AND A 200 FT DRIFT ON 100 FT LEVEL
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FROM 2 - 20 FT THICK BLACK SLATE FOOTWALL AND AMPHIBOLITE HANGING WALL, ALSO SEVERAL E STRICKING VEINS WITH DEVELOPING WORK ON THEM. COARSE WHITE QTZ OUTCROPS AT SURFACE
Comment (Geology): VEIN FROM 2 - 20 FT THICK, BLACK SLATE FOOT WALL AND AMPHIBOLITE HANGING WALL, ALSO SEVERAL E STICKING VEINS, WITH DEVELOPMENT WORK ON THEM. COARSE WHITE QUARTZ OUTCROPS AT SURFACE
Comment (Production): ACTIVE PRIOR AND DURING 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A, 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF. COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 155 AND PL B
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 106 - 7
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 262 AND 307
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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