Schoettgen Prospect

The Schoettgen Prospect is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California.

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: Schoettgen Prospect  

State:  California

County:  Tuolumne

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.06278, -120.38861

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Schoettgen Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Schoettgen Prospect
Secondary: Experimental Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Residual
Operation Type: 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

Analytical Data: PROBABLY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT MANGANESE


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SUPERFICIAL DEPOSIT OF MANGANESE OXIDE, MIXED WITH SOME IRON OXIDE AND CLAY, IN GRAY LIMESTONE WHICH IS PART OF A BELT BELONGING TO CALAVERAS SERIES. ORE ZONE IS 2 FT. THICK, AND IS OVERLAIN BY ABOUT 8 FT. OF REDDISH REGOLITHIC SOIL CONTAINING QUARTZ FRAGMENTS. ORE ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR 30 FT., AND SHOWS A ROUGH BANDING OR BEDDING ROUGHLY PARALLEL WITH SURFACE SLOPE, ABOUT 20 E.


References

Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 345

Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 67 , 207


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