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Louisiana

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030968
MRDS ID M009484
Record type Site
Current site name Louisiana
Related records 10115489

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.05655, 37.72992 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position SW1/4 25, SE1/4 26; ADJOINS BONDURANT ON THE NW (SEC. 25)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Peak(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

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 017E 25,26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Badly Altered

Analytical data

Result $6 - $15 AU/TON, 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 PERCENT SULFIDES. SULFIDE CONCENTRATE ASSAYED $100 - $500/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.05655, 37.72992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 55 NE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 1066.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Ore Is Concentrated In The 3 - 6 Foot Wide Part Of The Vein Nearest The Footwall

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Production years 1866 - 1954

Mining district

District name Coulterville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sarah W. Treat
    Home office C/O Mrs. Rob'T. Sherman

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1953 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE SHAFTS OF VARIOUS DEPTHS; 2 TUNNELS ON THE NW PART OF THE CLAIM; UNDETERMINED NO. OF OTHER ADITS ON SE PART OF CLAIM.

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. 120 - 122 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 122 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 96 .

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E., MCLENEGAN, J. D., MATSON, E. J., 1957 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1954 , VOLUME THREE, AREA REPORTS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, P. 220.

  • Deposit

    5) AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 12

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 30 ACRES. VEIN MATTER IN THE ORE SHOOTS CONSIST OF NATIVE GOLD, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND PYRITE, PYRITE BEING MOST ABUNDANT. COMPLETE PRODUCTION FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED. (WORKINGS MAY BE THOSE SHOWN ON U.S.GEOL.SURVEY QUAD. BUCKHORN PEAK, CAL.,1949)
Deposit VEIN 2 - 15 FT. THICK
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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