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Sunshine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035129
MRDS ID M022294
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine
Related records 10114995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59375, 37.08938 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 2 MI NE CROOK MTN.

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 010S 022E 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 NE 1/4 , N 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.59375, 37.08938
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • OWNER REPORTED TO HAVE 35 TONS OF ORE READY TO MILL. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1922 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN 18 TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 307

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 - 5 FT. THICK
Deposit 1 CLAIM ; 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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