Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Geology
Host rockSlate,Greenstone
StructureReverse 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.
AlterationIn Places On The Vein, The Quartz Commonly Sploched With Aggregates Of Muscovite Formed By Hydrothermal Alteration Of Inclosed Filaments Of Schistose Greenstone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1852
Identification
Deposit ID10028119
MRDS IDM004938
Alternate namesEclipse, Little Amador
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.42296, -120.82713
References
CARLSON, W.D., AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY: CJMG VOL. 50 , P 188 .KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1929 , THE MOTHER LODE SYSTEM OF CAL.: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 157 , P. 56 - 59TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , AMADOR COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 39