Number Nine

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030933
MRDS ID M009431
Record type Site
Current site name Number Nine
Alternate or previous names Bill Jones and Mccall, Yosemite Ginaca
Related records 10285457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.19849, 37.51549 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position 2.5 MI. ENE HORNITOS

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)

Fresno River(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 005S 016E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.19849, 37.51549

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-N 20 W
    Dip 25 - 30 E
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Some Ore In Altered Dike Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ CHIEFLY OF MASSIVE TO VUGGY MILKY VARIETY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855

Mining district

District name Hornitos

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. R. Plunkett And U.M. Peyrellade

Comments on the production information

  • MODERATE PRODUCTION OF LOW-GRADE ORE BETWEEN 1930-1936.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 326.75M
    Overall depth 117.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 SHAFTS, 30 - 387 FT DEEP, 350 FT DRIFT ADIT, VARIOUS LEVELS & WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O.E., JR., GRAY, C.H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 143 - 145 , 291

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 104 - 105

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W.O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P 130 - 131

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 12 , 3 - 15 FT THICK
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 41 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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