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Lucky Bill

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035100
MRDS ID M022251
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Bill
Related records 10115447

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.71291, 37.32076 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2 MI WNW DEADWOOD PEAK ON EAST SIDE OF POTTER RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahwahnee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 021E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.71291, 37.32076
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH-SWELL, LENSES
    Thickness 13.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN GRANULAR, GLASSY AND BUNCHY QUARTZ AND IN MICA SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 STAMP MILL. 2 ADITS, 100 FT. APART, 100 - FT. WINZE, RAISE TO SURFACE. STOPES W/SOME ORE REMINING ON BOTTOM. UPRAISES

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PAYS WELL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 324 - 325 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 210 .

  • Production

    LAIZURE ( 1928 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 2 CLAIMS. 40 ACRES. FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1880 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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