Altaville

The Altaville is a gold mine located in Calaveras county, California at an elevation of 1,640 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

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Site Name

Primary: Altaville
Secondary: Cherokee

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: California
County: Calaveras
District: Angles Camp Distirct

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Altaville Mining Co.
Years: 1970 -

Owner Name: George Schmauder
Years: 1970 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): MINE IS ON CENTRAL HILL CHANNEL. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SHAFT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Production): UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION.

Comment (Workings): DRIFT MINING. MINE FILLED WITH WATER IN 1956

Comment (Geology): GRAVEL IS WELL CEMENTED AND CONSISTS OF BOULDERS AND COBBLES OF CHERT, QUARTZ, GRANITIC ROCK, AND SCHIST. IT RESTS ON GREENSTONE AND SCHIST OF THE CALAVERAS FORMATION; BEDROCK ABOUT 350 FT BELOW SURFACE.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M006450 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS 888-900 FINE; SIZE, FLOUR TO FLAT-PEA SIZED NUGGETS

Comment (Development): INTERMITTENT OPERATION 1944-1953

References

Reference (Deposit): HENDERSON, J.R., JR., STROMQUIST, A.A., AND JESPERSEN, ANNA, 1966, AEROMAGNETIC MAP OF PARTS OF THE MOTHER LODE GOLD AND SIERRA FOOTHILLS COPPER MINING DISTRICTS, CALIFORNIA, AND ITS GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION MAP GP-561, SCALE 1:62,500..

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., STROMQUIST, A.A., AND SWINNEY, M.C., 1955, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ANGELS CAMP AND SONORA QUADRANGLES, CALAVERAS AND TUOLUMNE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 41, P. 51.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., AND LYDON, P.A., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 84-85.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, L.D., STROMQUIST, A.A., AND TATLOCK, D.B., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAN ANDREAS QUADRANGLE, CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-222, SCALE 1:62,500.

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