Mine detail: Friant District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.99027, -119.71136

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: Irregular
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Stream placer
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel

References

DEP10310617
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, W.B., 1970, Gold districts of California: California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 193, p. 50.}{Deposit:: Logan, C.A., Braun, L.T. and Vernon, J.W., 1951, Fresno County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 47, no. 3, p. 503-504.}{Deposit:: Matthews, R.A. and Burnett, J.L., 1965, Fresno Sheet: California Division of Mines and Geology, Geologic Map of California, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Tooker, E.W. and Vercoutere, T.L., 1986, Gold in the conterminous United States, Perspective of 1986 - Preliminary map of selected geographic, economic, and geologic attributes of productive (>10,000 oz) gold districts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-209, 32 p.}
ReporterHiggins, Chris T., Schruben, Paul G.