The Everlasting Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.18611, -120.68444
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Everlasting Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Everlasting Mine
Secondary: Best & Belcher Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Analytical Data: REPORTED $3.50 - $16 PER TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC CNTR. SEC. BOUNDARY
Comment (Production): ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1870'S, 1880'S , 1890'S , ACTIVE 1900 , 1935 - 1962
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, IRREGULAR VEIN SYSTEM WITH HEAVY GOUGE ON BOTH WALLS, MUCH OF QUARTZ IS CRUSHED AND MIXED WITH GOUGE. HANGING WALL SERPENTINE, FOOTWALL GREENSTONE. VEIN FROM 8 - 14 FT. THICK AT 65 FT. DEPTH IN N. SHAFT
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2 SHAFTS 225 AND 310 FT. DEEP SEPARATED BY 1000 FT.
Comment (Geology): AMPHIBOLITE TO EAST AND METASEDIMENTS OF CALAVERAS FMN TO WEST
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. 53 - 54 , 149 AND PL B
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. 242 - 243 , 304
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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