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Fairview, Ben Franklin Claims

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007009
MRDS ID C007984
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview, Ben Franklin Claims
Related records 10114898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84269, 38.85323 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Relative position 3 3/4 MI S OF GEORGETOWN 1/2 MI SE OF MEADOW BROOK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 010E 22,27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 SEC 22 & INTO 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84269, 38.85323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAIRVIEW IN MARIPOSA SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 108 , PL II

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit UTM OF FAIRVIEW CLAIM BEN FRANKLIN CLAIM IN S 1/2 OF SW 1/4 SEC 22 AND N 1/2 NW 1/4 SEC 27 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Mateik, R.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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