The Adelaide is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 801 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: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.00667, -120.50306
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Adelaide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adelaide
Secondary: Carson Hill Group
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Magnesite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY VERTICLE SHAFT, PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1890 - 1893 , CONSOLIDATED WITH MELOUES MINE 1895
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 3 DISTINCT QTZ VEINS IN MINERALIZED ZONE 15 FT WIDE OF TALC SCHISTS. HANGING WALL OF BLACK TALCOSE SLATE, FOOTWALL GREENSTONE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERAL ZONE 15 FT WIDE OF TALC SCHISTS WITH 3 DISTINCT QTZ VEINS. HANGING WALL BLACK TALCOSE SLATE, FOOTWALL GREENSTONE. ORE HAS RIBBON CHARACTER WITH GOLD IN SHEET FORM
Comment (Deposit): MINE INCLUDED IN CARSON HILL GROUP OF MINES 15 ACRES. CONSOLIDATED WITH MELONES MINE IN 1895.
Comment (Commodity): ORE HAS RIBBON CHARACTER WITH GOLD IN SHEET FORM
Comment (Location): UMT ACC.
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. 142
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY, 14 TH REPORT STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 66
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANKS, H.W., 1890 , GEOLOGY OF MOTHER LODE, 10 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 57 - 58
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. 296
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