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Big Oak

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031030
MRDS ID M009586
Record type Site
Current site name Big Oak
Related records 10212318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.13571, 37.53021 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. NW OF MT. BULLION

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 017E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.13571, 37.53021
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1902 - 1909

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1902, 1904, 1906, 1909. DURING THIS PERIOD 98.78 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED WHICH YIELDED $1564.71 OR AN AVERAGE OF $15.85 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DATA ON WORKINGS.

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. 240 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , REVIEW OF GOLD MINING IN EAST-CENTRAL CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 188 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , MAP FACING PAGE 98 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINE.
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

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