The Water Man is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Water Man MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Water Man
Secondary: Fairfax
Secondary: Centennial
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): OPEN INCLINED SHAFT, 225 FT. DIAMOND DRILLED TO 1000 FT.
Comment (Production): EXTENSIVELY WORKED MANY YEARS AGO
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): 5 FT. VEIN W GREEN SCHIST FOOTWALL & METAGABBRO HANGING WALL. VEIN IS SAID TO BE SAME THAT IS FOUND IN GOLD CLIFF & MADISON CLAIMS. DIORITE DIKE ADJOINS VEIN ON HANGING WALL. LOGAN, 1935 , REPORTS COUNTRY ROCK AS AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST.
Comment (Commodity): GOOD ASSAYS IN SCHIST TO 300 FT. DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1916 , CALAVERAS COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., 14TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 112
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , P. 151
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.
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