California · Amador County
Past Producer

Plymouth Consolidated Mine

Amador 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.\n
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite
GangueQuartz, Slate, Calcite
Geology
Host rockSlate · Mariposa Fm.
StructureMelones Fault zone, Bear Mountain Fault zone, Melones Fault zone
Tectonic settingMagmatic arc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1852
Identification
Deposit ID10310668
Alternate namesPlymouth Mine, Empire Mine, Pacific Mine, Phoenix Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates38.47608, -120.84409
References
Clark, W. B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Divisions of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 69-76.Carlson, D.W., and Clark, W.H., 1954, Mines and mineral resources of Amador County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, 50th Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 190-192.Duffield, W.A. and Sharp, R.V., 1975, Geology of the Sierra foothills melange and adjacent areas, Amador County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 827, 30 p.Irelan, W., Jr., 1888, Amador County Gold: California State Mining Bureau, 8th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 42-49.Knopf, A., 1929, The Mother Lode system of California: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 157, p. 49-52.Koschman, A.H., and Bergendahl, M.H., 1968, Principal Gold-Producing districts of the United States: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 610, 283 p.Logan, C.A., 1921, Amador County, Central Eureka Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 17th Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 411.Logan, C.A., 1927, Amador County, Central Eureka Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 23rd Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 179-180.Logan, C.A., 1934, Mother Lode gold belt of California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 108, p. 106-111.Schweickert, R.A., Hanson, R.E., and Girty, G.H., 1999, Accretionary tectonics of the Western Sierra Nevada Metamorphic Belt in Wagner, D.L. and Graham, S.A., editors, Geologic field trips in northern California: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 119, p. 33-79.Storms, W.H., 1900, The Mother Lode region of California: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 18, p 82-83.Tucker, W.B., 1914, Amador County, Original Amador Mine: California State Mining Bureau, 14th Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, p. 41-43.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.Additional information on the Plymouth Mine is available in fiile nos. 339-1329, 331-9829, and 339-1334 (CGS Mineral Resource files, Sacramento).