Baker Ranch

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105953
MRDS ID W026055
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Ranch
Related records 10190216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.22878, 37.96464 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position NEAR TUOLUMNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuolumne(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 001N 016E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.22878, 37.96464

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION NOT KNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 550 FT; CROSSCUT ADIT 400 FT WITH DRIFTS 800 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1949 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CDM REPT. 45 , P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTED IN 1934 - 1935 . VEIN CLAIMED TO BE "COLUMBUS-DEAD HORSE VEIN" WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE UNITED MINES GROUP.

Reporter information

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