The Calaveras Hill Hydraulic Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Calaveras Hill Hydraulic Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calaveras Hill Hydraulic Mine
Secondary: Baldwin Property Claims: Calaveritas Hill Cons: Frenchy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): OPERATED 1901 AND AGAIN 1906, WHEN 1000 YDS. GRAVEL WASHED; 13,000 YDS, WASHED JAN-MAR. 1910; 1936-1939, 29,100 YDS. WASHED. HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS COMMENCED EARLY PART OF 1936, BUT CEASED WHEN HEAVY RAINS WASHED OUT THE DITCHES; OPERATIONS TO RESUME IN NOVEMBER. MAP GP-561 SHOWS 2 MINE LOCS. IN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF SEC.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE GRAVEL BANK AVERAGES 75' IN HEIGHT, WITH A WIDTH OF ABOUT 600' AND A LENGTH OF 2640'. ESTIMATED THERE ARE 4,400,000 CU. YDS. OF WORKABLE GRAVEL, AVERAGING 30? A YD. THE GRAVEL IS TIGHT BUT NOT CEMENTED. BEDROCK IS A SOFT, LAMINATED SLATE.
Comment (Deposit): ADD. REF. NO.4. USGS MAP GQ-222
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 332-3, 357 AND PL. 6
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. SP. REPT. 40, P. 21 AND PL. 1 AND 2
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 192 AND PL. C
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