Volcano No. 1

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  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 10035133
MRDS ID M022300
Record type Site
Current site name Volcano No. 1
Alternate or previous names Hildreth
Related records 10211965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65153, 37.11661 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position 0.5 MI W HILDRETH 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 West(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 021E 26,25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.65153, 37.11661

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NW
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hildreth

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, BUT REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $100,000 FROM POCKETS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 130 FT. INCLINE W/DRIFTS. TUNNEL AT LOWER ELEVATION. HUNTINGTON MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 164 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 552 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1 FT. THICK
Deposit PATENTED ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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