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Gold Coin

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030864
MRDS ID M009329
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin
Related records 10114848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.17877, 37.66548 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MI. SSE OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 14,23 California

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE OF WHITES GULCH, 1/4 MI. E OF ADELAIDE MINE. UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE POCKETS AT VEIN - STRINGER INTERSECTIONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.17877, 37.66548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRANCH OF MOTHER LODE SYSTEM MAIN VEIN WELL DEFINED, CUT BY NUMEROUS NW - TRENDING STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1938

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. K. Wadley
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • THE AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM POCKETS PRIOR TO 1938 HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 264 - 5 .

  • Deposit

    JULIHN, C. E., & HORTON, F. W., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE US: US BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424 , MAP FACING P. 103 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, POCKET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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