The Bachman Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,079 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: 1,079 Feet (329 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.12778, -120.62861
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Bachman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bachman Mine
Secondary: Backman
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
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
Type: L
Description: Sm. Faults Offset Veins
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED LOW ON 110 FT LEVEL. GOOD ASSAYS REPORTED NE AR FACE OF SE DRIFT ON 285 FT LEVEL.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY IN 1920S AND 1930S , FREE MILLING ORE. ORE IN 1921 PAID WELL.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC, NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 10 ; SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 11
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS 70 , 305 AND 478 FT RESPECTIVELY. 305 FT SHAFT HAD 75 DEG ANGLE WITH 110 AND 285 FT LEVELS WITH DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HANGING WALL INTERBEDDED SLATE AND SCHIST, FOOTWALL OF GREENSTONE, FAULT AT 285 FT LEVEL WITH N & W DISPLACEMENT OF VEIN TWO MAIN VEINS, ONE RUNNING NW, THE OTHER E, THEY CONVERGE TO N. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS RUN FROM THE THORPE MINE INTO BACHMAN
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A, 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 136
Reference (Deposit): KERR, M. B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF: CALIF. MIN. BUR.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 108 P. 143
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 297
Reference (Deposit): 5) TUCKER, W. B., 1915 ; CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P 69
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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