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Mount Belle Group

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031044
MRDS ID M009610
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Belle Group
Related records 10237020

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.05959, 37.46826 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position NEAR CATHEYS MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catheys Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(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 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST AIT EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.05959, 37.46826
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

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 & 2 , P. 288

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit A GROUP OF CLAIMS, SINCE BROKEN UP ( 1927 ) INCLUDED ARTRU OR DOROTHY, WHITE OAK, BLUE QUARTZ & CHAMPIONTHESE WERE CONTROLLED BY BELLE MCCORD ROBERTS AND THE CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS OF MARIPOSA IN 1927, BUT SINCE HAVE BROKEN UP INTO SEPARATE PROPERTIES UNDER MULTIPLE OWNERSHIPS.THESE WERE CONTROLLED BY BELLE MCCORD ROBERTS AND THE CONSOLIDATED GOLD FIELDS OF MARIPOSA IN 1927, BUT SINCE HAVE BROKEN UP INTO SEPARATE PROPERTIES UNDER MULTIPLE OWNERSHIPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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