The Altaville is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,640 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: 1,640 Feet (500 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.10194, -120.55472
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Altaville MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Altaville
Secondary: Cherokee
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Angles Camp Distirct
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Altaville Mining Co.
Years: 1970 -
Owner Name: George Schmauder
Years: 1970 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE IS ON CENTRAL HILL CHANNEL. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SHAFT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Production): UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): DRIFT MINING. MINE FILLED WITH WATER IN 1956
Comment (Geology): GRAVEL IS WELL CEMENTED AND CONSISTS OF BOULDERS AND COBBLES OF CHERT, QUARTZ, GRANITIC ROCK, AND SCHIST. IT RESTS ON GREENSTONE AND SCHIST OF THE CALAVERAS FORMATION; BEDROCK ABOUT 350 FT BELOW SURFACE.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M006450 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS 888-900 FINE; SIZE, FLOUR TO FLAT-PEA SIZED NUGGETS
Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT OPERATION 1944-1953
References
Reference (Deposit): HENDERSON, J.R., JR., STROMQUIST, A.A., AND JESPERSEN, ANNA, 1966, AEROMAGNETIC MAP OF PARTS OF THE MOTHER LODE GOLD AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS COPPER MINING DISTRICTS, CALIFORNIA, AND ITS GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION MAP GP-561, SCALE 1:62,500..
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., STROMQUIST, A.A., AND SWINNEY, M.C., 1955, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA QUADRANGLES, CALAVERAS AND TUOLUMNE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 41, P. 51.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 84-85.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, L.D., STROMQUIST, A.A., AND TATLOCK, D.B., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAN ANDREAS QUADRANGLE, CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-222, SCALE 1:62,500.
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