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Ballard

Past Producer in Amador 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098213
MRDS ID M004951
Record type Site
Current site name Ballard
Alternate or previous names Ballard and Martin
Related records 10159605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84658, 38.54768 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1/4 MILE S OF COSUMNES RIVER ON HWY 49 .

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 010E 14,23 California

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 OF W 1/2 OF SEC. 14 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84658, 38.54768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 W
    Dip 68 E
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THREE PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS ABOUT 600 FT APART CARRIES GOLD ORE ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE IN A RIBBON STRUCTURE QUARTZ AND SLATE IN ORE SHOOTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ballard Mother Lode Mines, Inc.
    Home office C/O John Ratto

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1870'S; IDLE UNTIL REOPENED IN 1928 BUT OPERATED ONLY A SHORT TIME. ACTIVE 1933-1937, 1941-1942, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK DONE IN 1947. IDLE IN 1952. THE ORE,CHIEFLY FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE IN A RIBBON STRUCTURE OF QUARTZ AND SLATE. ORE EXPOSED IN THE SOUTHERN WORKINGS HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY DEVELOPED BUT ASSAYS HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS $180 PER TON BUT AVERAGE IS AROUND $10 PER TON IN $35 PER OUNCE GOLD. THE SHAFT SHOWN IN E 1/2 W 1/2 SEC. 14, IS PROBABLY THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE MINE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 64.752HA

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT BETWEEN WEST AND MIDDLE VEIN 285 FT WITH 600 FT CROSSCUTS, SECOND SHAFT SOUTH OF MAIN SHAFT IS 200 FT WITH 400 FT CROSSCUTS; ORE SHOOT ON EACH VEIN WEST TO EAST 250 , 550 , 60 FT; ORIGINALLY WORKED 1870'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG, VOL. 50 , P. 170 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CAL.: CMB BULL 108 , P 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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