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Batten Ranch

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029447
MRDS ID M006971
Record type Site
Current site name Batten Ranch
Related records 10138159

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46017, 38.09547 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. N OF VALLECITO.

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 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46017, 38.09547
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AN OLD INCLINED SHAFT WAS DEEPENED UNTIL IT STRUCK GRAVEL AT 400'; A 100' CROSSCUT WAS THEN DRIVEN, MOSTLY THROUGH ALTEREED GRANITE, BUT THE GRAVEL CHANNEL WAS NEVER FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 327

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAST PROSPECTED BY GORDON SCHECKLER OF STOCKTON.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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