The Mohawk Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,319 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: 1,319 Feet (402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.07417, -120.57972
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Mohawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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 (Location): UTM ACC NE 1/4
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1924 , 1934
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, VEIN WITH GOUGE ON 100 FT LEVEL. WALL ROCK SLATE GOUGE 3 FT IN THICKNESS WITH BRECCIATED QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT, TWO E CROSSCUT ADITS AND OPEN CUTSCROSSCUT DRIFT ON 100-FT LEVEL; 350-FT DRIFT ON 200-FT LEVEL.
Comment (Commodity): SOME HIGH GRADE POCKETS. ORE WHICH YIELDED $600 FOUND 200 FT FROM SHAFT
Comment (Geology): 50 FT TO NW OF SHAFT THERE IS BLACK SLATE THEN QUARTZ VEIN THEN 100 FT OF BLACK SLATE OR SCHIST FOLLOWED BY HARD GREEN SCHIST
References
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. 275 AND 313
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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. 34 - 35 , 168 , AND PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 145
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