Scanton Gp

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031078
MRDS ID M009660
Record type Site
Current site name Scanton Gp
Alternate or previous names Shallaly, Bonanza, Gold Road Chance, Oversight, Checkmate
Related records 10140334

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.02627, 37.69103 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1/2 MI E TELEGRAPH HILL

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 003S 018E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST ALT EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.02627, 37.69103

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gentry Gulch Cons. Mines Co.
    First year 1927

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 88 - 89 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 6 CLAIMS, PART OF GENTRY GULCH CONSOLIDATED MINES CO ; 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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