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Badger

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034509
MRDS ID M021316
Record type Site
Current site name Badger
Related records 10238671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.386, 37.9402 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 3 1/2 MILE S. W. OF TUTTLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 014E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIES 1 1/2 PERCENT SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.386, 37.9402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE LOCATED NEAR CONTACT OF DIABASE AND SLATE, BUT VEIN IS WHOLLY IN SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.499HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 250 FT., DRIFTS 150 FT. AT 200 FT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 508 - 509

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS AS QUARTZ RIBBON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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