Latitude: 38°25'23"N
Longitude: 120°49'34"W
A former Au mine.
Mineralization is hosted in rocks of the Franciscan Complex (greenstone, slate).
Local structures include a reverse faulting along the vein fissure. It is probably more clearly and accurately measurable in the Original Amador Mine than any other mine on the mother lode; it amounts to 180 feet.
References
Carlson, D.W. & W.B. Clark (1954), Mines and Minerals of Amador County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 50: 188.
Tucker, W. Burling (1914), Amador County: California Mines Bureau Report 14: 39.
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS PP 157, 88 pp.; […(abstract): Engineering & Mining Journal: 128: 24 (1929); […Geol. Zentralbl., Band 41: 364-367 (1930)]: 56-59.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 12 (map 2-3).
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