The Fancher is a gold and clay mine located in Amador county, California.
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Mine Info
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Fancher MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fancher
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Clay
Location
State: California
County: Amador
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. M. Fancher
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: 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): WORKED OPEN PIT UNTIL 1927, WHILE UNDER LEASE TO W. S. DICKEY CO. WHO CHANGED TO TUNNELING. PRODUCED A YELLOWISH FIRE CLAY FROM UPPER BED AND A HARD BLUE-GRAY PLASTIC CLAY FROM THE LOWER BED. IDLE IN 1954. PIT WAS ALSO WORKED FOR SOME YEARS BY THE LIVERMORE FIRE BRICK CO
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT AND ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.278, PL.
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