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French

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031011
MRDS ID M009559
Record type Site
Current site name French
Related records 10284828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.09988, 37.59381 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. NNE OF BEAR VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(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 017E 09,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI. E OF PINE TREE MINE, 1/2 MI. SO. OF MERCED RIVER. UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.09988, 37.59381
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 30 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS OF TWO PARALLEL VEINS ARE METAPYROXENE ANDESITE GREENSTONE OF UNKNOWN AGE AND SLATY METASEDIMENTS OF PAL AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years - 1903 , 1903 - 1948

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OLD PROPERTY ACTIVE IN EARLIEST DAYS OF MINING IN THE COUNTY. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY VARIOUS LESSEES UP TO 1948. TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION SINCE 1903 IS ABOUT $116,750 AND PRODUCTION PRIOR TO THAT TIME MAY HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT AMOUNT. ORE TAKEN OUT IN 1903 AVERAGED $44.16 PER TON ;IN 1924 AVERAGE WAS $16.53 AND IN 1935-48 YIELD WAS $13.99 PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1384.074HA

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 155 FT. LONG WITH DRIFTS TOTALING 660 FT., 2 INCLINED SHAFTS,DRIFTS AND LEVELS. TOTAL FOOTAGE OF WORKINGS , 1048 FT.

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. 99 - 100 , 262 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , RECORD SHEET FACING P. 188 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT WITH SPEC. REF. TO GOLD: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 33 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS
Deposit HOLDING COMPANY OWNS THE FRENCH, FRENCH POCKET AND EVANS MINES. RECENT AU GRAVELS ON S. SIDE MERCED RIVER ( BULL. 108 ).

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

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