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Bigney

Past Producer in Calaveras 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029185
MRDS ID M006582
Record type Site
Current site name Bigney
Related records 10259753

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54601, 38.18291 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1 MI NW OF FRICOT RANCH SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 013E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST.Used PLS and GIS to correct lat/long.

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) -120.54601, 38.18291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO VEINS, 2 1/2 AND 5 FT THICK. SLATE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • FREE MILLING ORE NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.27M
    Overall length 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 14 FT SHAFT AND 10 FT OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KERR, M.B., 1900 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF CALAVERAS, CALIF: CALIF. MIN. BUR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO VEINS 2 1/2 AND 5 FT THICK. SLATE HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL.
Deposit NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

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

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