The German Ridge and Jupiter Mines is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,821 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: 1,821 Feet (555 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.11028, -120.53861
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German Ridge and Jupiter Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: German Ridge and Jupiter Mines
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE OCCURRED IN RICH POCKETS, MAINLY IN QTZ NEXT TO SLATE FOOTWALL
Comment (Production): ORIGINALLY ACTIVE PRIOR 1889 , INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE TO 1920'S, 1931 - 1934
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, RANGES FROM 2 TO 10 FT IN THICKNESS, DIP SAID TO STEEPEN BELOW 100 FT LEVEL. FOOTWALL IS SLATE, HANGING WALL PORPHYRY, THE SCHIST IS INTERLACED WITH VEINLETS OF QTZ.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 140 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 55 AND 100 FT, DRIFTS UP TO 150 FT TO NW & SE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 SEC 15, SE 1/4 SEC 16
Comment (Deposit): 82 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 55 , 152 AND PL 3 .
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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. 259 - 60 AND 305 .
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