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Barney Kane

Past Producer in Mariposa 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031254
MRDS ID M009914
Record type Site
Current site name Barney Kane
Alternate or previous names Kane Quartz, Mayflower
Related records 10212286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.86181, 37.52715 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. NE OF MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckingham Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 019E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 , ON E SLOPE OF BUCKINGHAM MTN. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD IN QUARTZ

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) -119.86181, 37.52715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 55 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 4 FT. THICK AVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Barney Kane, Roy Green
    First year 1932

Comments on the production information

  • VEIN REPORTED TO SAMPLE 1.31 OZ. OF GOLD/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, 50-FT. AND 140 FT. LONG, A 35-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A CONNECTING 18-FT. DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 238 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT WITH SPEC. REF. TO GOLD: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 29 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit ORE IS NATIVE GOLD IN QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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