The Angels Camp Deep Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.07278, -120.55361
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Angels Camp Deep Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Angels Camp Deep Mine
Secondary: Brown-Smyth-Ryland Cons. Claims: Pioneer Suffolk
Secondary: Martinusen
Secondary: Pat
Secondary: Hale
Secondary: Hale Ext.
Secondary: Johnson
Secondary: Demarest
Secondary: Democrat
Secondary: Lindsay
Secondary: Smyth.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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: M
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
Type: L
Description: Fault Dips At Surface About 23 E, At 200 Ft, Dips About 40 E.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST NW 1/4 OF SEC
Comment (Workings): BENSON SHAFT IS 500 FT DEEP AT INCLINE OF 78 DEG., WITH LEVELS; NO. 1 AT 50 FT, NO 2 AT 135 FT, NO. 5 AT 423 FT WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. THE 140 FT VERTICLE SMYTH SHAFT HAS LEVELS AT 84 AND 130 FT WITH OVER 1500 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.
Comment (Commodity): ORE AVERAGING $9 - 11 PER TON AU WAS WORKED IN THE 30'S FROM A 6 FT VEIN
Comment (Production): ACTIVE IN 30S
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERIES OF VEINS OF SIMILAR ATTITUDE WITH MINERALIZED SCHIST. BOTH WALLS ARE SCHIST AND MOLYBDENITE WAS FOUND WITH SULFIDES AT HALE MINE. THREE VEINS ARE CUT OFF BELOW SURFACE BY A FAULT WHICH STRIKES PARALLEL TO VEINS.
References
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 40 - 41 , 105 , 135 AND PL B
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 239 - 240 , 297 , 299
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