The Peerless is a gold mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.445, -120.83194
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Peerless MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peerless
Secondary: Seaton
Secondary: Coulter
Secondary: Homestake
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Amador
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hobart (Estate), And Emma Rose
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRIOR TO 1868 HAD PRODUCED 10,000 TONS OF ORE THAT YIELDED $9 PER TON. IDLE MANY YEARS AND WORKED IN TWO LATER SHORT PERIODS. THERE IS NO RECORD OF FURTHER PRODUCTION, THOUGH THE TOTAL UP TO 1885 IS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT. CLAIM OF 21 ACRES
Comment (Workings): 65 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT 950 FT ON CONTACT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BLACK SLATE FOOTWALL, METADIABASE TUFF HANGING WALL. SMALL QUARTZ VEIN DISCOVERED AT SURFACE THAT PROSPECTED WELL IN GOLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 23 , P 195
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 45
Reference (Deposit): STORM, E.M., 1900 , THE MOTHER LODE REGION OF CAL.: CMB BULL. 18 , P. 45
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