Atlas Gold Dredging Corp

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

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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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