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Lockwood Mine

The Lockwood Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 3,599 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: Lockwood Mine

State:  California

County:  Calaveras

Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.4067, -120.47470

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Lockwood Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lockwood Mine
Secondary: Mina Rica

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Calaveras

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU REPORT 18,

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALAVERAS COUNTY, COUNTY REPORT #2,

Reference (Deposit): 1962, P. 61 AND 163.

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 3/17/1866, P. 162.

Reference (Deposit): P. 19 AND 21; 1936, REPORT 32, P. 269.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1947-1949.

Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WILLIAN JR., 1888, CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA

Reference (Deposit): MINING BUREAU REPORT 8, P. 138-141.

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H. W., 1894, JACKSON FOLIO, CALIFORNIA: U.S.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., FOLIO 11,

Reference (Deposit): P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA

Reference (Deposit): MINING BUREAU REPORT 13, P. 111.

Reference (Deposit): KERR, M. B., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY

Reference (Deposit): OF CALAVERAS, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU.

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1916, CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIFORNIA MINING

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU REPORT 14, P. 90-91.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1923A, NOTES ON THE WEST POINT DISTRICT,

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