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Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext.

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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031038
MRDS ID M009599
Record type Site
Current site name Greens Gulch & Greens Gulch Ext.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.05792, 37.5066 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. W OF MOUNT BULLION

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)

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 12,13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SEC LINES PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.05792, 37.5066
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 52.5 W
    Dip STEEPLY E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BROAD VEIN INTERSECTED BY NE-TRENDING CUTTER VEINS. THE MOTHER LODE BROAD VEIN PART OF A SERIES OF NW-TRENDING EN ECHELON MOTHER LODE VEINS, AND IS PROBABLY AN EXTENSION OF THE PRINCETON MINE MAIN VEIN. AVE THICKNESS 3 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Production years 1860S, 1901 - 1914

Mining district

District name Mount Bullion

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mariposa Com'L And Mining Co.
    Home office Mariposa Com'L & Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY 1860'S, 1901-14. SOME WORK DONE 1941 BUT NOTHING SINCE. RECORDS SHOW PRODUCTION 1900-15, GREENS GULCH PRODUCED 10,625 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED $119,140.70, AVERAGE VALUE OF $10.25 PER TON AT OLD GOLD PRICE; DURING SAME PERIOD GREENS GULCH EXT. PRODUCED 10.25 TONS OF ORE FROM WHICH $313.99 WAS REALIZED OR $13.96 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. SHAFT WITH 13 LEVELS, A 550 FOOT ADIT LEVEL, 510 FOOT DRIFT ON 1ST LEVEL, 360 FT. DRIFT ON 2ND LEVEL. CROSS CUTS, RAISES, STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 94 .

  • 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. 105 - 106 , 267 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MARIPOSA COUNTY: 17TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST ( FOR 1920 ) , P. 117 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit THE VEIN MATTER IS PRINCIPALLY MILKY QUARTZ CONTAINING NATIVE GOLD AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE. THE GREENS GULCH VEIN IS PROBABLY AN EXTENSION OF THE MAIN VEIN AT THE PRINCETON MINE (SECS. 13, 18). THIS MINE IS ONE OF THE LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINES.

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

Beyond USGS

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