The Tullock Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.03528, -120.51361
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Tullock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tullock Mine
Secondary: Brown Mine
Secondary: Eddie B.
Secondary: Little John
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE POCKETS, ORE HAS MORE PB & AG THAN USUAL FOR MOTHER LODE. ABUNDANT SULFIDES.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4 11 , NW 1/4 14 . ON ALBANY FLAT.
Comment (Production): SMALL TONNAGES CRUSHED AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS, IN ADDITION TO POCKET ORE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, POCKETS
Comment (Workings): 800 FT INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL FT THICK VEIN W. HANGING WALL OF FINE-GRAINED CHLORITE-SERICITE SCHIST, AND FOOTWALL OF SLATE AND PHYLLITE
References
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. 71 , 185 , PL 13 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES. VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P 438
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., STROMQUIST, A. A., & SWINNY, C. M., 1955 , GEOL. OF THE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA QUADS., CALAVERAS & TUOLOMNE COS.: CALIF. DIV. MINES SPEC. REPORT. 41 , P. 51
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 110
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, 1955
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