Mine detail: Ben Franklin

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Location: Nevada County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.181, -121.0427
dep_id: 10007239
mrds_id: C010904
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Bowman, J. And Albers, J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Diabase
References:
  • Deposit:: LOGAN, C. A., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37 , NO. 3 , PL. 3 , P. 385 - 386 .
  • Deposit:: MACBOYLE, E., 1919 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 16 , P. 120 .
  • Production:: MCBOYLE, 1919 ; LOGAN, 1941
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