The Centennial is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,749 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: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.40056, -120.54611
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Centennial MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Centennial
Secondary: New Champion Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
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
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dike Of Medium Grained Diorite Along Footwall Of Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 400 FT LEVEL 100 FT IN ENCOUNTERED RICH ORE OF AU AND GALENA
Comment (Location): UTM SE 1/4 SEC
Comment (Production): WORKED 1937 - 1940 AND 1946 - 1954
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT AND 55 FT INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 400 FT TO SE ON 100 FT LEVEL DRIFT 90 FT TO SE, AT 200 FT LEVEL 650 FT SE AND 350 FT TO NW, WINZE AND STOPES
Comment (Geology): LENSE - SHAPED QUARTZ VEIN WITHIN DIORITE DIKE, DIP OF DIKE AND VEIN ARE S AND E WITH 35 - 65 DEG DIP. COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANODIORITE. MAIN ORE SHOOT 10 INCHES TO 4 FEET WITH STOPE LENGTH OF 90 FT. AND MINED DOWN TO 700 FT.
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 38 - 39 , 50 143 AND PL 13
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