Fifty-Five

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077936
MRDS ID W026017
Record type Site
Current site name Fifty-Five

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.31516, 37.65964 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES S OF BLANCHARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penon Blanco Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 015E 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.31516, 37.65964

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 200 FT. WITH DRIFTS 240 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY; CDMG REPT. 45 , P. 66

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1949

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM FOUNDED IN 1855 , BUT FIRST AVAILABLE RECORD IN 1924 . WORKED FOR SHORT PERIODS BY SEVERAL COMPANIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J. 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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