The Economic Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.16083, -120.54139
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Economic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Economic Mine
Secondary: Cuneo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Esmeralda
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ACTIVE PRIOR 1880'S , 1910 - 1918 , SOME SURFACE PROSPECTING SINCE 1918 NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Commodity): ABUNDANT SULFIDES LEAF GOLD FOUND IN CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS IN HIGH GRADE ORE IN UPPER PORTION OF DEPOSIT
Comment (Geology): NUMEROUS BODIES OF TALCOSE SCHIST IN COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Location): UTM ACC, NE 1/4 SEC 33 , NW 1/4 SEC 34
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ON ESMERALDA VEIN SYSTEM ON CENTRAL VEIN
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 700 FT SE. CROSSCUT ADIT TO VEIN THEN ALMOST 1000 FT OF DRIFTS EXTENDED TO E W SEVERAL LEVELS & SUB-LEVELS
References
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 303
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CLARK, ( 1962 )
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 36 , 52 - 53 148 AND PL B
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