The Anita is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,152 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: 1,152 Feet (351 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.34139, -120.77556
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Anita MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anita
Secondary: Bright
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: George E. O'Grady
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION. SURFACE WORKED IN EARLY DAYS BYT ANITA GOLD MINING CO. BEGAN SINKING THE SHAFT IN 1895. CLAIM OF 44-45 ACRES AND PROBABLY IS THE "SOUTH BRIGHT" CLAIM SHOWN IN USGS FOLIO 63, CLAIM SHEET 1, SEC. 1
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 65 FT., CROSSCUT ADIT WITH DRIFT AT 45 FT. LEVEL; SECOND SHAFT 190 FT. WITH CROSSCUT 125 FT. AT BASE; THIRD SHAFT AT LITHOLOGIC CONTACT SUNK 480 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BOTH SLATE AND GREENSTONE ON PROPERTY WITH SEVERAL QUARTZ VEINS; ONE MAIN VEIN ENTIRELY IN GREENSTONE, ANOTHER AT LITHOLOGIC CONTACT CONTAINING QUARTZ, CALCITE, IRON AND COPPER SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 68
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 16 .
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