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Golconda

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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103189
MRDS ID M022222
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda
Related records 10236269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65153, 37.12494 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
Relative position 1.5 MI NW 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 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 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM TOPO. MAP, HIGHLY UNCERTAIN.

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) -119.65153, 37.12494
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 28
    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 workings information

  • 280 FT. INCLINE. NE DRIFT ON 150 FT. LEVEL EXTENDS FOR 90 FT. 50 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN. BUNCHES OF HIGH-GRADE ORE OCCUR AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS AVG. 10 IN. THICK VEIN ON OTHER CLAIM IS 1 FT. THICK.

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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