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Barton Drift Mine

Producer in Placer 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032022
MRDS ID M012072
Record type Site
Current site name Barton Drift Mine
Related records 10164569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.19742, 38.77378 (WGS84)
Relative position 12TH REPT. SAYS SEC. 20 - ALSO 3 MILES E. OF ROCKLIN, WHICH IS IN SEC. 19. CLAIM OF 40 ACRES. LOCATION IN SEC. 28 SEEMS MUCH MORE LIKELY THAN 20 AS AURIFEROUS GRAVELS ARE EXPOSED IN 28 AND NOT IN 20. FOLIO 5 SAYS BARTON IS EVIDENTLY LOCATED LOWER DOWN CHANNEL FROM THE LEE MINE (MBS)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 007E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.19742, 38.77378
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DRIFT MINE. GRAVEL WAS CEMENTED, WITH COBBLES SELDOM LARGER THAN FIST SIZE. THE CHANNEL WAS 350 FT. WIDE AND WAS MINED 6 TO 7 FT. HIGH. THE GOLD WAS FINE AND FLAKY AND WAS HIGH GRADE, SELLING FOR $19 AN OUNCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rocklin

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED IN 1909. SAID TO HAVE BEEN A GOOD PRODUCER FOR SOME TIME.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED THROUGH A 60-FT. SHAFT IN 1892.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 81-2

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 73, P. 162, 163, 164; ADD. REF.: DOM 12TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 204-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAID TO BE NEAR THE LAIRD MINE (SEE CARD FOR "POSSIBLY 11N-7E)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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