Mine detail: Original Amador

Previously called 'EclipseLittle Amador'

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Location: Amador County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.42296, -120.82713
dep_id: 10028119
mrds_id: M004938
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
alteration: In Places On The Vein, The Quartz Commonly Sploched With Aggregates Of Muscovite Formed By Hydrothermal Alteration Of Inclosed Filaments Of Schistose Greenstone.
Reporter: Gere, W., Tatkin, T.; Albers, J.
hrock_type: Slate,Greenstone
Structure: Reverse Faulting Along Vein Fissure Is Probably More Clearly And Accurately Measurable In The Original Amador Than Any Other Mine On The Mother Lode, It Amounts To 180 Ft.
disc_yr: 1852
References:
  • Deposit:: CARLSON, W.D., AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY: CJMG VOL. 50 , P 188 .
  • Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1929 , THE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CAL.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 157 , P. 56 - 59
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 39
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