Small group of locality photos from some of our favorite collecting areas. For some it is still possible to collect, for others collecting is history.
<a href="/photo-621087.html"><h1>Mellow Days gold claim </h1><h2>Mellow Days claim, Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA</h2><p>This is a nice view of the west end of the Mellow Days gold claim looking west. Many ounces of choice placer gold have been been taken from this area in recent years. </p><p class="copyright">&copy; 2014 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA </p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Mellow Days gold claim

Mellow Days claim, Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA

This is a nice view of the west end of the Mellow Days gold claim looking west. Many ounces of choice placer gold have been been taken from this area in recent years.

© 2014 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA

<a href="/photo-482147.html"><h1>Jenny Lind dredge field</h1><h2>Jenny Lind dredge field, Jenny Lind, Jenny Lind Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA</h2><p>A small portion of the extensive Jenny Lind dredge fields. The workings exploited Tertiary gold bearing river gravels which seem to go for miles here.</p><p class="copyright">&copy; 2011 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA </p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Jenny Lind dredge field

Jenny Lind dredge field, Jenny Lind, Jenny Lind Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA

A small portion of the extensive Jenny Lind dredge fields. The workings exploited Tertiary gold bearing river gravels which seem to go for miles here.

© 2011 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA

<a href="/photo-124746.html"><h1>New Melones Lake Spillway</h1><h2>New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA</h2><p>View of the spillway looking east. The benches are approx. 40 feet high. The exposed rock units are Metagabbro and Metadiabase which have been altered to fine-grained Albite-Epidote-Quartz.</p><p class="copyright">&copy; mindat.org</p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

New Melones Lake Spillway

New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA

View of the spillway looking east. The benches are approx. 40 feet high. The exposed rock units are Metagabbro and Metadiabase which have been altered to fine-grained Albite-Epidote-Quartz.

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<a href="/photo-482134.html"><h1>Sluicing on the Mokelumne</h1><h2>Easy Nights claim, Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA</h2><p>The Mokelumne river can be quite beautiful in the spring but that water is still icy!</p><p class="copyright">&copy; 2011 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA </p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Sluicing on the Mokelumne

Easy Nights claim, Mokelumne River, Amador County, California, USA

The Mokelumne river can be quite beautiful in the spring but that water is still icy!

© 2011 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA

<a href="/photo-302669.html"><h1>Greenstone outcrop above the canyon</h1><h2>Calaveras River Canyon, Valley Springs area, Calaveras County, California, USA</h2><p>This outcrop was a landmark for local collectors at one time. It separated the north collecting area from the south. It is a shame that this important, yet obscure occurrence is now overrun by houses, thus putting to an end another California mineral locality. Photo taken 1994.</p><p class="copyright">&copy; 2010 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA </p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Greenstone outcrop above the canyon

Calaveras River Canyon, Valley Springs area, Calaveras County, California, USA

This outcrop was a landmark for local collectors at one time. It separated the north collecting area from the south. It is a shame that this important, yet obscure occurrence is now overrun by houses, thus putting to an end another California mineral locality. Photo taken 1994.

© 2010 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA

<a href="/photo-403032.html"><h1>Garnet Hill</h1><h2>Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA</h2><p>Old Photo of Garnet Hill reproduced from Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California. Reference: Clark, William B. & Lydon, Philip A. (1963), Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California, California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report No. 2: page 121.</p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Garnet Hill

Garnet Hill Mine, Garnet Hill, Calaveras County, California, USA

Old Photo of Garnet Hill reproduced from Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California. Reference: Clark, William B. & Lydon, Philip A. (1963), Mines and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, California, California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report No. 2: page 121.

<a href="/photo-302668.html"><h1>Calaveras River Canyon</h1><h2>Calaveras River Canyon, Valley Springs area, Calaveras County, California, USA</h2><p>View of the Calaveras River Canyon looking south. Springtime in the Calaveras foothills can actually resemble the inclusions within the Quartz crystals found there! Photo taken 1996.</p><p class="copyright">&copy; 2010 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA </p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Calaveras River Canyon

Calaveras River Canyon, Valley Springs area, Calaveras County, California, USA

View of the Calaveras River Canyon looking south. Springtime in the Calaveras foothills can actually resemble the inclusions within the Quartz crystals found there! Photo taken 1996.

© 2010 Jake Harper www.earthquestminerals.com USA


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<a href="/photo-405599.html"><h1>Carson Hill</h1><h2>Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA</h2><p>Carson Hill, the most noticeable mining scar along the entire length of Hwy 49. Originally known as "The Crater" due to its early resemblance to a volcano, the removal of tons of gold-bearing ore has wiped out any volcano-like appearance it may have once had. The present absence of a hill is the result of open pit mining which took place from the ...</p><p class="clickhere">Click here to view photo page on mindat.org</p></a>

Carson Hill

Carson Hill, Carson Hill Mining District, Calaveras County, California, USA

Carson Hill, the most noticeable mining scar along the entire length of Hwy 49. Originally known as "The Crater" due to its early resemblance to a volcano, the removal of tons of gold-bearing ore has wiped out any volcano-like appearance it may have once had. The present absence of a hill is the result of open pit mining which took place from the ...