The Keltz Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.44361, -120.49528
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Keltz Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keltz Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Skull Flat
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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
Type: L
Description: Fine-Grained Diorite Dike Associated With Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE SHOOTS 50 & 100 FT. IN LENGTH, ABUNDANT SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UTM ACC S 1/2 SEC
Comment (Production): ACTIVE EARLY DAYS OF GOLDRUSH, 1880'S, 1890'S, 1921 , 1940 - 1941
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS WITH MAIN VEIN CALLED KELTZ VEIN. IT IS 1 - 4 FT THICK.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 450 FT. E CROSSCUT ADIT, PORTAL 100 FT. ABOVE MOKELUMNE RIVER, SEVERAL OLDER ADITS, DRIFTS AND 80 FT. SHAFT
Comment (Geology): SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS WITH MOST WORK ON MAIN OR KELTZ VEIN WHICH IS 1 1/2 - 4 FT THICK FINE GRAINED DIORITE DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH VEIN
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. 38 - 39 , 60 , 160 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. 309
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14 TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 88
Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )
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