Donner Mine

The Donner Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,601 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Donner Mine  

State:  California

County:  Calaveras

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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