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New Ford & New Ford Ext

Past Producer in Calaveras 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029204
MRDS ID M006611
Record type Site
Current site name New Ford & New Ford Ext
Related records 10114175

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.50462, 38.16435 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MI SW OF SHEEP RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 013E 26,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 26 NE 1/4 35 , BY INDIAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS IN SMALL POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.50462, 38.16435
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip N

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN IN MICA SCHIST ASSOC. W. DIORITE DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thas J. Ehrhart

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1956. RECENTLY ACTIVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., & LYDON, P.A., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 2 , P. 36 , 170 & PLB

  • Production

    CLARK, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENT RECOMMENDED 12/11/56 - BLM MR. SAC. 053173 ( MS 6564 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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