The Schoettgen Prospect is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California.
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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
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Schoettgen Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Schoettgen Prospect
Secondary: Experimental Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Residual
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PROBABLY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SUPERFICIAL DEPOSIT OF MANGANESE OXIDE, MIXED WITH SOME IRON OXIDE AND CLAY, IN GRAY LIMESTONE WHICH IS PART OF A BELT BELONGING TO CALAVERAS SERIES. ORE ZONE IS 2 FT. THICK, AND IS OVERLAIN BY ABOUT 8 FT. OF REDDISH REGOLITHIC SOIL CONTAINING QUARTZ FRAGMENTS. ORE ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR 30 FT., AND SHOWS A ROUGH BANDING OR BEDDING ROUGHLY PARALLEL WITH SURFACE SLOPE, ABOUT 20 E.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 345
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 67 , 207
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