The Chaperral Hill Group is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.03139, -120.51611
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Chaperral Hill Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chaperral Hill Group
Secondary: Bright Star
Secondary: Chaparral Hill
Secondary: Felicie
Secondary: Rothschild
Secondary: Vanderbilt
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
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 (Commodity): SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UTM EST N 1/2 SEC
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1881 , 1914 , PROSPECTED 1922 - 1925 NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, THICKENS TO OVER 100 FT IN PLACES WITH AT LEAST TWO OTHER MINOR VEINS. VEIN PROSPECTED IS ONE OF SCHIST STRINGER LEAD ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE MASSIVE "BULL QUARTZ". VEIN AVERAGES 15 FT.
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ADITS. A 500 FT DRIFT ADIT IS ON THE VANDERBILT CLAIM. DIAGONAL CROSSCUTS PASS THROUGH THE HILL FROM THE CHAPARRAL HILL CLAIM AS IS 464 FT LONG, OTHER WORKINGS INCLUDE A 155 FT SHAFT
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 143 , 178 AND PL 13
Reference (Deposit): KERR, M. B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF: CALIF. MIN. BUR.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 108 , P. 137
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 301
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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