The Quaker City Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Quaker City Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quaker City Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
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 (Location): UTM EST ABOVE CHILI GULCH, JUST S OF STATE HWY 8
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1876. MAY HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED DURING 1920'S AND 1930'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 600 FT DEEP - FIRST 400 FT VERTICAL, REMAINDER INCLINED ALONG VEIN. CAVED 640 FT ADIT CONNECTS W SHAFT AT 103 FT
Comment (Geology): 6 IN TO 5 FT THICK VEIN IN MOTHER LODE FISSURING WHERE IT RENTERS BLACK SLATE AFTER BEING IN GREENSTONE SEVERAL MILES. HANGING WALL OF SLATE GOUGE TO 30 FT THICK. FOOTWALL IS GREENSTONE PRESENT AS LENS IN SLATE
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 316
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 146 , 147
Reference (Production): CLARK, 1962
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 66 , 175
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