The Ford is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,119 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: 1,119 Feet (341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.19667, -120.66806
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Ford MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ford
Secondary: Apex
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 4 ON PROPERTY WITH PARALLEL STRIKE, WEST VEIN 120 FT. W OF MAIN SHAFT, MAIN VEIN WITH MAIN SHAFT SUNK ON IT HANGING WALL VEIN AND EAST VEIN WHICH CROPS OUT 270 FT. EAST OF MAIN SHAFT - EAST AND WEST VEINS ARE RICHEST. THE WEST VEIN IS APPROX. 4 FT. THICK AND THE EAST VEIN IS A BELT OF QUARTZ STRINGERS 20 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE SLUICED AND THEN DEVELOPED BY 120 FT SHAFT THEN 300 FT S 750 FT INCLINED SHAFT ON MAIN VEIN WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 AND 700 FT. SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS - UP TO 3200 FT OF WORKINGS ON 300 FT LEVEL, MAINLY TO S. OF SHAFT
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCKS ARE COMPLEXLY FOLDED. ALSO PRESENT ARE BLACK SLATE, TALC SCHIST HORNBLENDE, LIMESTONE AND GARNETIFEROUS WHITE SCHIST.
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINS OTHER SULFIDES WITH HESSITE AND PETZITE AND SOME RICH GOLD SPECIMENS WERE RECOVERED FROM MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC
Comment (Production): ACTIVE PRIOR 1890'S , 1890S - 1900 , 1914 - 15 PROSPECTING WORK DONE, 1922 - 1930S OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY ORE VALUES RANGES FROM $3 TO $27
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. 54 - 55 , 151 AND PL B.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 108 , P 139 - 140 AND PL 6 .
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 257 .
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