The Vogelsang Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 899 feet.
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Mine Info
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Vogelsang Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vogelsang Mine
Secondary: City of Stockton
Secondary: Mcafee Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Carson Hill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. D. Vogelsang
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: 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
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Plagioclase
Comments
Comment (Production): OVER 200 TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. OPERATIONS CEASED WHEN THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.3,CHAP.2,P.48-49,AND PL.5.
Reference (Deposit): CAL. COUNTY REPORT NO.2,CALAVERASCO. P.21-22,AND PL.D
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S BULL 430,P.176
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO.15.10
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