California · Calaveras County
Past Producer

Gold Cliff Mine

Calaveras County, California, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHydrothermal vein
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody formTabular, pinch and swell
Ore controlOre shoots within mesothermal gold-bearing quartz veins. Hydrothermal alteration of wall rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz, Calcite, Talc, Chalcopyrite, Ankerite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockAmphibole Schist,Schist
StructureMelones Fault Zone, Bear Mountains fault zone, Melones fault zone
Tectonic settingMagmatic arc
AlterationAnkeritic and sericitic alteration of wall rock with disseminated aurtiferous pyrite mineralization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10310619
Alternate namesUtica-Stickles Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.06578, -120.54511
References
Brown, J. A., 1890, Calaveras County, Gold Cliff Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 10th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 150.Clark, L.D., 1970, Geology of the San Andreas 15-minute quadrangle, Calaveras County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 195, 23 p.Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 25-28.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. 55.Earhart, R.L., 1988, Geologic setting of gold occurrences in the Big Canyon area, El Dorado County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1576, 13 p.Eric, J.H., Stromquist, A.A., and Swinney, C.M., 1955, Geology and mineral deposits of the Angels Camp and Sonora quadrangles, Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, California: California Division of Mines Special Report 41, 55 p.Julihn, C.E., and Horton, F.W., Mineral industries survey of the United States - Mines of the southern Mother Lode Region, Part 1, Calaveras County, Utica and Gold Cliff mines: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 413, p. 136.Knopf, A., 1929, The Mother Lode system of California: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 157, p. 71-72.Logan, C. A., 1934, Mother Lode Gold belt of California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 108, p. 140-141.Tucker, W. B., 1914, Calaveras County, Gold Cliff Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 14th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 98.Storms, W.H., 1900, The Mother Lode region - Calaveras County: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 18, p 111.Eisenhauer, R. C., 1932, Preliminary report on the property of the Utica Mining Company: unpublished geological report for the Utica Mining Company.Zimmerman, J.E., 1983, The Geology and structural evolution of a portion of the Mother Lode Belt, Amador County, California: unpublished M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, 138 p.