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Fancher

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Clay
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028015
MRDS ID M004769
Record type Site
Current site name Fancher

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93213, 38.29851 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NW OF BUENA VISTA. GOLD PLACER OPERATION 300'E AND 750'NE OF PIT ACC.TO S.R. 19

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 05N 09E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93213, 38.29851
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. M. Fancher

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED OPEN PIT UNTIL 1927, WHILE UNDER LEASE TO W. S. DICKEY CO. WHO CHANGED TO TUNNELING. PRODUCED A YELLOWISH FIRE CLAY FROM UPPER BED AND A HARD BLUE-GRAY PLASTIC CLAY FROM THE LOWER BED. IDLE IN 1954. PIT WAS ALSO WORKED FOR SOME YEARS BY THE LIVERMORE FIRE BRICK CO

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.278, PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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