The Calaveras Consolidated Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.01028, -120.49972
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Calaveras Consolidated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calaveras Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Carson Hill Gold Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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
Form: LENSES AND STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDES AVERAGED 2 % CONTENT OF ORE , ORE AVERAGED $3 - $68 PER TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE DEVELOPED AT SURFACE, 1400 FT N. ADIT, 600 FT SHAFT, EXTENSIVE TRENCHING OVER CLAIM AREAS. EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED BY WINZES, DRIFTS AND E-W CROSSCUTS. STOPING FROM SEVERAL LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): CONTAINS 17 PATENTED CLAIMS WHICH INCLUDE SANTA CRUZ, IVANDHOE, MEXICAN, EXTENSION, RELEIF, STEVENS AND BROWN. ALL PART OF CARSON HILL MINES HOLDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): OVER 1500 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM TRENCHES. ORE ZONE AVERAGED 7 FT IN WIDTH, SUGARY CRUSHED QUARTZ WITH SCHIST CASING BEST ORE.
Comment (Production): EARLY 1890'S, 1913 - 1920
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, POSSIBLY MAIN STRAND OF MOTHER LODE, MANY STRANDS OF VEIN OFTEN GAVE HIGH ASSAYS. VEIN FROM 6 - 12 FT THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , P. 135 - 137
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. 300
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1915 ,: CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR. P. 73
Reference (Production): LOGAN ( 1935 )
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