Bachman Mine

The Bachman Mine is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,079 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

Name: Bachman Mine  

State:  California

County:  Calaveras

Elevation: 1,079 Feet (329 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.12778, -120.62861

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Bachman Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bachman Mine
Secondary: Backman


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Calaveras


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: Sm. Faults Offset Veins


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYED LOW ON 110 FT LEVEL. GOOD ASSAYS REPORTED NE AR FACE OF SE DRIFT ON 285 FT LEVEL.


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY IN 1920S AND 1930S , FREE MILLING ORE. ORE IN 1921 PAID WELL.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC, NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 10 ; SW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC 11

Comment (Deposit): VEINS

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SHAFTS 70 , 305 AND 478 FT RESPECTIVELY. 305 FT SHAFT HAD 75 DEG ANGLE WITH 110 AND 285 FT LEVELS WITH DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HANGING WALL INTERBEDDED SLATE AND SCHIST, FOOTWALL OF GREENSTONE, FAULT AT 285 FT LEVEL WITH N & W DISPLACEMENT OF VEIN TWO MAIN VEINS, ONE RUNNING NW, THE OTHER E, THEY CONVERGE TO N. SEVERAL OTHER VEINS RUN FROM THE THORPE MINE INTO BACHMAN


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 136

Reference (Deposit): KERR, M. B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF: CALIF. MIN. BUR.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , THE MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 108 P. 143

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): 5) TUCKER, W. B., 1915 ; CALAVERAS COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P 69

Reference (Production): CLARK ( 1962 )


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