Mine detail: Original Amador

Previously called 'EclipseLittle Amador'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.42296, -120.82713

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1852

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host 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.
Alteration processes:	In Places On The Vein, The Quartz Commonly Sploched With Aggregates Of Muscovite Formed By Hydrothermal Alteration Of Inclosed Filaments Of Schistose Greenstone.

References

MRDS	M004938
DEP	10028119
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Gere, W., Tatkin, T.; Albers, J.