The Barton Drift Mine is a gold mine located in Placer county, California.
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Mine Info
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Barton Drift Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barton Drift Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Placer
District: Rocklin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): OPERATED IN 1909. SAID TO HAVE BEEN A GOOD PRODUCER FOR SOME TIME.
Comment (Workings): OPENED THROUGH A 60-FT. SHAFT IN 1892.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DRIFT MINE. GRAVEL WAS CEMENTED, WITH COBBLES SELDOM LARGER THAN FIST SIZE. THE CHANNEL WAS 350 FT. WIDE AND WAS MINED 6 TO 7 FT. HIGH. THE GOLD WAS FINE AND FLAKY AND WAS HIGH GRADE, SELLING FOR $19 AN OUNCE.
Comment (Deposit): SAID TO BE NEAR THE LAIRD MINE (SEE CARD FOR "POSSIBLY 11N-7E)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 81-2
Reference (Deposit): USGS FOLIO 5
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 73, P. 162, 163, 164; ADD. REF.: DOM 12TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 204-5
California Gold
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