The Dutchess Consolidated is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.05056, -120.45167
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Dutchess Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dutchess Consolidated
Secondary: Dutchess
Secondary: Little Dutchess
Secondary: Hoosier Dutchess
Secondary: Grand Dutchess
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
Analytical Data: UP TO 8 % PYRITE, $3 - $13 PER TON ASSAYS
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 3 DRIFT ADITS WITH UPPER BEING 400 FT.; MIDDLE 475 FT., LOWER MORE THAN 1800 FT.
Comment (Commodity): ABUNDANT SULFIDES, NARROW STRINGERS WITH SMALL BUT HIGH GRADE POCKETS
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1905 , 1914 , 1935 - 1937 ASSAYS IN 1935 WERE SURFACE ONES. NO PRODUCTION RECORD
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FROM 3 - 11 FT IN THICKNESS
Comment (Geology): MICA AND QUARTZ MICA SCHIST TO W., LIMESTONE OF CALAVERAS FMN TO N.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 SEC OF 5 , NW 1/4 SEC 9
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. 52 , 148 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. 251 AND 303
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 ) , LOGAN ( 1936 )
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