Quartz Glenn

The Quartz Glenn is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.

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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

Name: Quartz Glenn  

State:  California

County:  Calaveras

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.33778, -120.62944

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Quartz Glenn MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Quartz Glenn
Secondary: Foote and Thompson Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Calaveras


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES PATENTED QUARTZ AND PLACER CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): TOTAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN, BUT OLDER RECORDS INDICATE ABOVE $300,000 $200,000 IN 1872 FOR A 2-YEARS RUN ON ORE TAKEN OUT TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, POCKETS, ORE SHOOTS

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS; NO 1 , CROSS CUT TO VEIN - 324 FT; NO 2 & NO 3 FOLLOW VEIN 1563 AND 1100 FT RESPECTIVELY AT LEAST ONE SHAFT 120 FT DEEP

Comment (Geology): 5 - 6 FT AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEIN ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE ON W & MICA SCHIST ON E. ORE SHOOT IN 2ND ADIT IS 120 FT WIDE AND PITCHES N

Comment (Commodity): GOOD ORE POCKETS

Comment (Location): UTM EST SW 1/4 26 NW 1/4 35 ; NEAR RICH GULCH


References

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 32 , NO. 3 , P. 315

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , CALAVERAS COUNTRY: CALIF. MIN. BUR. 13TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 66 , 67 , 175


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