The Donner Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.0178, -120.64940
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Donner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Donner Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRELIMINARY COMMENT. PROPERTY NOT COSTED DUE TO SMALL AMOUNT RESERVES. REC 120 BOXES FLAGGED .0001 OR .00001 DENOTE THAT NO COSTS A ENTERED AS ORE RESERVES ARE TOO SMALL TO USE. REC 151 SAME AS REC 120. REC 160 IF PROPERTY WAS EVER MINED THE ORE WOULD PROBABLY BE TO THE PENN MILL (ID 060090102) FOR PROCESSING.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF 1 CALIF.DIV.OF MINES, COPPER IN CALIF.,BULL.144, CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): NAT.RES.,1948. INCLUDES PLATES OF MINE MAPS & REFER
Reference (Deposit): REF 2 LYMAN MOORE DATA FROM 1970 EVALUATION
Reference (Deposit): REF 3 CALIF.DIV.OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINES AND MINERAL RES
Reference (Deposit): OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NO.2, 19
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