The Atlas Gold Dredging Corp is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 351 Feet (107 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.20278, -120.96639
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Atlas Gold Dredging Corp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atlas Gold Dredging Corp
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Camanche District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Calaveras Gold Dredging Co.
Years: 1936 -
Owner Name: Atlas Gold Dredging Co.
Years: 1936 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: PROBABLY THIN LAYERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Ash
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Volcanic Ash
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD IS FINE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FOUR MILLION YD SHORELINE GRAVELS AVAILABLE
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS EXPOSED TAILINGS NORTHEAST OF WALLACE IN SEC. 15
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT IN BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES
Comment (Production): GOLD PROBABLY AVERAGES $.25/YD
Comment (Development): PLANT DESIGNED TO HANDLE 3000-4000 YD/DAY INACTIVE AFTER 1949
Comment (Geology): APPARENTLY THE GOLD AND PLATINUM VALUES WERE FOUND IN AN OLD RIVER BED OF THE MODELUMNE RIVER WHICH LAY WITHIN THE IONE FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS MO45335, M045333.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, P. 85, 189.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., AND FRANKE, H.A., 1936, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 3, P. 326.
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