Garland Ranch

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029420
MRDS ID M006931
Record type Site
Current site name Garland Ranch
Related records 10114451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.4685, 38.11852 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 2 MI S OF MURPHYS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 014E 08,18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABUNDANT PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO BE VALUED AT $8.50 PER TON AU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.4685, 38.11852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN DIPS ALMOST VERTICALLY, MINERALIZED ZONES: MARY JANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE PRIOR AND DURING 1935 - 1936

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED ON MARY JANE ORE BODY A 80 FT ADIT AND 60 FT RAISE, ALSO SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., LYDON, P. A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 2 ; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 151 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., FRANKE, H., 1936 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 259 .

  • Production

    LOGAN ( 1936 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE AND PLACER DEPOSITS WITH TWO AURIFEIOUS CHANNELS OVERLAIN BY ANDESITE LAVA FLOWS TRAVERSE RANCH THESE CHANNELS ARE DEVELOPED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, DIPS ALMOST VERTICALLY, MINERALIZED ZONES: MARY JANE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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