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Gambetta & Arkansas Travelers

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035082
MRDS ID M022224
Record type Site
Current site name Gambetta & Arkansas Travelers
Related records 10159699

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77041, 37.32354 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position IN GRUB GULCH ON SW FLANK OF INDIAN HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsecamp Mountain(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 020E 15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77041, 37.32354
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 78 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST STRIKES N 50 W, DIPS 40 NE. PARALLEL TO CONTACT W/GRANITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 170 FT INCLINE, 410 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, SEVERAL RAISES. SEE DIAGRAM - MCLAUGHLIN & BRADLEY ( 1914 ) P. 543

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1950 , MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF MADERA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 46 , NO. 4 , P. 472 , PL. 73 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P., & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 543 - 544 .

  • Production

    MCLAUGHLIN & BRADLEY ( 1914 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2.5 FT. THICK
Deposit DISCONTINUOUSLY OPERATED FROM 1880 - 1904 . ; 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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