The Vandervoort Mining Company is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Vandervoort Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vandervoort Mining Company
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY 1933-37.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE COLUMBIA, CATARACT AND A SIDE CHANNEL ARE SAID TO TRAVERSE THIS RANCH. 250' VERTICAL SHAFT WHICH PASSED THROUGH A CAPPING OF ANDESITE, LATITE, AND RHYOLITIC TUFF, BUT HAD NOT REACHED BEDROCK. A 50' DRIFT E ON THE 240' LEVEL ENCOUNTERED 12' OF GRAVEL ON THE W RIM OF A CHANNEL, BELIEVED TO BE A TRIBUTARY TO THE COLUMBIA CHANNEL. IN 1936 THE COMPANY PLANNED TO CROSSCUT THE CHANNEL, PROVE THE EASTERN RIM, THEN SINK TO BEDROCK. PAY GRAVEL SAID TO AVERAGE $3-$5 PER TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 355 AND PL. 6
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 209 AND PL. C
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