The Woodhouse Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.38083, -120.57417
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Woodhouse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Woodhouse Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
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
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 265 FT, 450 INCLINED SHAFT W 90 , 150 & 265 FT LEVELS, & ABOUT 1300 FT OF DRIFTS. WORKINGS REHABILITATED IN 1930S.
Comment (Geology): 2 - 13 FT THICK VEIN OF WHITE TO DARK GREY QUARTZ & CALCITE IN GRANODIORITE WHICH IS CUT BY DIKES OF MEDIUM-GRAINED DIORITE
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED IN 1873 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): ABUNDANT SULFIDES,
Comment (Location): UTM EST SW 17 NW 1/4 18
Comment (Production): NEARLY $2,000,000 BY GROUND SLUICING NEAR MINE. IN 1860S - 70S ORE YIELDED AS MUCH AS $80/TON, OLD VALUE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 289 - 290
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 38 - 39 , 75 - 76 , 188 , PL B
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIF.: CDM BULL 144 , PT. 3 , P. 223
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