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Hanover

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 10035083
MRDS ID M022226
Record type Site
Current site name Hanover
Related records 10285371

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6143, 37.09855 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Relative position 1.5 MI SE HILDRETH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerton Lake East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(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 009S 022E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2 S 1/2 CENTER SEC.

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6143, 37.09855
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 34 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, NUMEROUS SHORT ADITS. 5 STAMP MILL AND HOISTING WORKS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE CARRIES ABOUT 1 % SULFIDES ASSAYING ABOUT $100/TON ( 1888 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, W., JR., 1888 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8 , P. 204 - 205 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 157 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. R. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 545 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 1 FT. THICK. ORE SHOOT 110 FT. LONG
Deposit LOCATED IN 1880 . 40 ACRES. FOR VARIOUS OTHER FIGURES ON DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESSING SEE IRELAN ( 1888 ) ; 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

Beyond USGS

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