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Savannah, Etal Claims

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035128
MRDS ID M022292
Record type Site
Current site name Savannah, Etal Claims
Alternate or previous names Atlanta
Related records 10232218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.74347, 37.31715 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 3 MI E DEADWOOD PEAK

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 020E 13,14,23,24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. CORNORS OF 4 SECTIONS LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

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) -119.74347, 37.31715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT SHOWED DISTINCT BANDED STRUCTURE, RESEMBLING CLEAVAGE OF ENCLOSING SLATE. IN GENERAL, QUARTZ IS GRANULAR AND VITRIOUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 260 FT SHAFT & 300 FT OF DRIFTS ON SAVANNAH NO. 1 , 160 FT SHAFT & 100 FT OF DRIFTS ON SAVANNAH NO. 2 , ON WIDE AWAKE IS 120 FT ADIT AND SURFACE CUTS. ON JOE CLAIM IS 260 FT SHAFT W/300 FT OF DRIFTS. A LATER 200 FT ADIT AND 200 ADDITIONAL FEET OF DRIFTS. 10 STAMP MILL.

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. 474 , PL. 73 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 550 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 163 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, 4 - 6 FT THICK DIKE OF GRANULITE CUTS THROUGH MAIN SHAFT DISPLACING VEIN. DIKE IS 100 FT DISTANT IN HANGING WALL AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL.
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; 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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