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Cotton Creek

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030911
MRDS ID M009399
Record type Site
Current site name Cotton Creek
Alternate or previous names Hauser
Related records 10261058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.16627, 37.57548 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position 9 1/2 MI. S OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornitos(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 016E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 ON COTTON CR. UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AURIFEROUS PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.16627, 37.57548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 22.5 S
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN AVE 2.5 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Production years 1937 - 1939

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cotton Creek Mining Co.
    Home office W. H. Hauser, Mgr.
    First year 1939

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period - 1939
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 330 Lbs/Ton Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 149100g/mt
  • Year 1939
    Period - 1939
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 340 Lbs/Ton Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 153600g/mt
  • Year 1939
    Period - 1939
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ .15 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 4g/mt
  • Year 1939
    Period - 1939
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.32 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • YIELD OF GOLD PER TON WAS $11 - 15 . IDLE EXCEPT FOR ASSESSMENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 175 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS NORTH AND SOUTH FROM THE SHAFT ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL.

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 , 3 & 4 , P. 91 , 253 , 548 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 266 , 267 .

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, PP. 266, 267

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EQUIPMENT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION IN 1954 , BUT SHAFT WAS CAVED.
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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