The Shenandoah Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.27167, -120.61111
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Shenandoah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shenandoah Mine
Secondary: Way
Secondary: Hoosier
Secondary: Mary Lory
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 (Commodity): BEST PORTION OF MINE IS AT NORTH END
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1916.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OLD TUNNELS, TO 1630 FT IN LENGTH, AND 500 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): 2 - 5 FT THICK VEIN OF WHITE QTZ IN HYDRO-MICA SCHIST & QUARTZITE E OF WHICH IS AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST & DIORITE. SYSTEM OF FISSURES IN OLD LOWER WORKINGS STRIKE N 20 E, DIP 60 W. CENTRAL PORTION OF VEIN EXTENDS OVER 2 SPURS OF MAIN RIDGE. HAS BEEN BENT TO EAST BY WEIGHT OF MOUNTAIN - RESULTING IN FAULTING OF VEIN, 40 FT TO NW, FROM TORSION OF ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 3 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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. 180 & PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 289 & 319
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 105 - 106
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , 12TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., P. 96 - 97
Reference (Production): CLARK 1962
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