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Carson Hill, Carson Hill District, Mother Lode Belt, Calaveras Co., California, USA
Latitude: 38°1'45"N
Longitude: 120°30'15"W
Longitude: 120°30'15"W
Carson Hill is on the Mother Lode Belt in SW Calaveras County. The district consists of a part of the Mother Lode that extends from Carson Flat SE through Carson Hill to the town of Melones on the Stanislaus River.
Gold and Petzite from Carson Hill.
In 1850, John William Hance discovered a fourteen pound lump of gold atop Carson Hill while supposedly chasing a runaway mule. The lump had broken away from a quartz vein, along which Hance immediately staked his claim. He later took on a group of six partners who then called themselves the Carson Creek Consolidated Mining Company. The claim was generally known as the Morgan Mine, after the most prominent of the partners, Colonel A. Morgan.
His claim was so rich that a unique method of mining was employed here with great success. Borthwick describes the method during the old days: "When the quartz vein was first worked, the method adopted was to put in a blast, and after the explosion, to go round with handbaskets and pick up the pieces." Using this method, $110,000 in gold was collected from a single blast. At another time, a lump of ore was found weighing 112 pounds. And on November 22 of 1854, one of the largest gold nuggets ever found in California was uncovered in the Morgan Mine, very near the surface. Technically not a nugget, but rather a mass of gold and quartz, the thing was huge; fifteen inches long, six inches wide, and four inches thick. It was valued at $43,000—a mere fraction of Carson Hill’s total production of $26 million.
2,340 ounce mass of gold found in 1854.
Mineral List
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References
Genth, Frederick Augustus (1867), Observations on certain doubtful minerals: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Proceedings: 19: 6.
Blake, Wm. P. (1868a), The melons tellurides; letter to G. Küstel: Mining & Scientific Press: 16: 178.
Genth, Frederick Augustus (1868); Contributions to mineralogy, No. 7: American Journal of Science, 2nd. series: 45: 305-321.
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 388.
Moss, Frank A. (1927), The geology of Carson Hill, California: Engineering & Mining Journal: 124: 1010-1012.
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp.; […(abstract): Engineering & Mining Journal: 128: 24 (1929); […Geol. Zentralbl., Band 41: 364-367 (1930)]: 20, 25, 35, 37, 39.
Logan, Clarence August (1934), Mother Lode Gold Belt of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 108, 221 pp.: 133.
Clark, Wm. B. & P.A. Lydon (1962), Mines and mineral resources of Calaveras County, California: California Division of Mines & Geology County Report 2; [… Geological Society of America Proceedings, 1933: 312-313, 1934]: 29, 47.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 65, 76, 172, 201, 259, 301, 310, 363.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 66, 68, 79, 109, 133, 169, 400, 421, 433.
Blake, Wm. P. (1868a), The melons tellurides; letter to G. Küstel: Mining & Scientific Press: 16: 178.
Genth, Frederick Augustus (1868); Contributions to mineralogy, No. 7: American Journal of Science, 2nd. series: 45: 305-321.
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 388.
Moss, Frank A. (1927), The geology of Carson Hill, California: Engineering & Mining Journal: 124: 1010-1012.
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS Professional Paper 157, 88 pp.; […(abstract): Engineering & Mining Journal: 128: 24 (1929); […Geol. Zentralbl., Band 41: 364-367 (1930)]: 20, 25, 35, 37, 39.
Logan, Clarence August (1934), Mother Lode Gold Belt of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 108, 221 pp.: 133.
Clark, Wm. B. & P.A. Lydon (1962), Mines and mineral resources of Calaveras County, California: California Division of Mines & Geology County Report 2; [… Geological Society of America Proceedings, 1933: 312-313, 1934]: 29, 47.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 65, 76, 172, 201, 259, 301, 310, 363.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 66, 68, 79, 109, 133, 169, 400, 421, 433.
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