The Angels Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.07556, -120.54667
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Angels Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Angels Mine
Secondary: Fox
Secondary: Potter
Secondary: Valentine. Claims: Angels,Beda Blood,Billings,Crystal,
Secondary: Doctor Hill,Hennessy,Mccormick,Minne,Oneida.
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: M
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
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE VEINS HAVE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 20 FT FOOTWALL DIORITE, HANGING WALL TALCOSE SLATE. WELL DEVELOPED ALBITE CRYSTALS FOUND IN WINTERS VEIN. SEVERAL VEINS ARE PRESENT, WHICH ALL HAVE SIMILAR ATITUDES.
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENTS STARTED 1822 WITH 600 FT SHAFT. NUMEROUS SHAFTS, DRIFTS WINZES AND CROSSCUTS. STOPES VARY FROM 100 TO 200 FT IN LENGTH. LAST ORE MINED FROM 200 , 400 AND 500 FT LEVELS. MAIN SHAFT 850 ANGELS SHAFT WITH 600 FT CRYSTAL SHAFT TO SW. TWO VEINS E. AND W. HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Location): UTM ACC NW 1/4 OF THE NE 1/4 OF SEC
Comment (Production): TOTAL OUTPUT FOR PROPERTY UNKNOWN BUT PUBLISHED FIGURES EXCEED $3.25 MILLION. A $100,000 POCKET WAS REPORTED IN 1910 . VALUE OF ORE DURING LAST YEARS FROM $2 TO $10 PER TON, WHEN GOLD WAS $20 PER OUNCE. ALL CLAIMS IN AREA GROUPED IN 1867 AND WORKED UNTIL MARCH 1918 . MIN. OF 6 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1915 .
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A, 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P 40 , 135 AND PL B
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P 297
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.; BULL. NO. 108 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P 127 - 128 AND PL 7
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1915 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF MIN. BUR., P 68 - 69
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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