The Finnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,621 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,621 Feet (494 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.02306, -120.50389
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Finnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Finnegan Carson Hill Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Claims: Finnegan
Secondary: Finnegan Ext.
Secondary: Finnegan Purchase
Secondary: Tarbot Homesite
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
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 (Production): ACTIVE 1856 - 1931OVER $100000 PRODUCED SINCE 1897.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS, BULL VEIN EXCAVATED TO FORM MORGAN GLORY HOLE, AND TWO ADITS, AND 350 FT INCLINED SHAFT ON E VEIN 465 FT ADIT, 400 FT E ADIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, BULL VEIN WITH 100 FT THICK ZONE OF MINERALIZED SCHIST ON FOOTWALL
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 SEC
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. 44 , 49 - 50 , 143 , 150 AND PL B.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 108 , P. 139
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. 304 .
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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