Los Parker

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. 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 10031097
MRDS ID M009685
Record type Site
Current site name Los Parker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.93765, 37.58549 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position E1/2. LOCATED ABOUT 2 1/2 AIRLINE MILES SE OF BRICEBURG, ON E. SIDE OF TRABUCO CREEK. (PROBABLY ONE OF THE PROSPECTS SHOWN IN THE E1/2 OF THE SEC. ON USGS QUAD. FELICIANA MTN, CALIF., 1948)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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 018E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.93765, 37.58549

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

Mining district

District name Feliciana Mtn.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Los Parker Mining Co.
    Home office C/O Bill Parker

Comments on the production information

  • OPENED IN THE 1930'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

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 AND 2 , P. 278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS, THE BONANZA NOS. 1 AND 2, BUCKSKIN, CHILENIAN NOS. 1 AND 2. COUNTRY ROCKS ARE METAVOLCANIC AND GRANITIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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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