Mine detail: Camanche District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.21319, -120.93432

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum, Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz, Magnetite, Ilmenite, Zircon, Garnet
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1849

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Stream placer
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Structure:Bear Mountains fault zone, Melones fault zone
Tectonic:Magmatic arc

References

DEP10310596
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1955, San Joaquin County, Gold Hill dredges: California Journal of Mines and Geology, Vol. 51, no. 1, p. 37-39.}{Deposit:: Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 33.}{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 No. 2, p. 76-93.}{Deposit:: Logan, C.A., 1927, Calaveras County, American Dredging Compnay: California State Mining Bureau, 23nd Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 198.}{Deposit:: Winston, W.B., 1910, Gold Dredging in California, Calaveras County: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 57, p. 205-208.}
ReporterDowney, Cameron (Higgins, Chris, T.), Schruben, Paul G.