The Waterloo is a gold mine located in Madera county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.23694, -119.66139
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Waterloo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waterloo
Secondary: Paymaster & Consolidated Four
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Madera
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
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): REPORTED $30,000 PRODUCED DURING 6 MONTHS OF MILLING NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: VEINS ON WATERLOO GROUP REPORTED TO CARRY $10/TON IN GOLD
Comment (Commodity): ABOUT 60 % OF VALUES IN FREE GOLD, 40 % IN SULFIDES
Comment (Location): UTM ACC W 1/2 SW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG. 4 FT. THICK. 'SCHIST' ALONG W/QUARTZ & TALC MAKE UP VEIN MATERIAL. 4 PAY SHOOTS RAKE 45 N. ON WATERLOO GROUP, 2 PARALLEL VEINS 40 FT. APART STRIKE NW, DIP 30 NE. EACH VEIN IS 3.5 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, BALL MILL. ADITS, SEVERAL LEVELS. SOME STOPING.
Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS. FIRST WORKED BY MEXICANS IN EARLY DAYS. LAST ACTIVE ABOUT 1901 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935 , MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 25 - 26 .
Reference (Deposit): MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 552 - 3 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1950 , MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF MADERA COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 46 , NO. 4 , P. 474 , PL. 73 .
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