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Balfron

Past Producer in Madera 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035057
MRDS ID M022187
Record type Site
Current site name Balfron
Alternate or previous names Grand Central, Sunshine, Standard No. 2
Related records 10183699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.69486, 37.27299 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 3 MI SSW DEADWOOD PEAK ON EAST BANK OF DEADWOOD GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahwahnee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 021E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSIDERABLE FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.69486, 37.27299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 70 NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT OF CUTS AND SHALLOW ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 540

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6 - 12 IN THICK, ANOTHER VEIN, 3 FT THICK
Deposit UNPATENTED, ONLY ASSESSMENT WORK DONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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