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Lena Farber and Sunset Iv

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031099
MRDS ID M009689
Record type Site
Current site name Lena Farber and Sunset Iv
Alternate or previous names Farber Group
Related records 10135104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95431, 37.57882 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position E OF HIWAY 40 , ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN MIDPINES & BRICEBURG.

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 14,23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95431, 37.57882
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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

Mining district

District name Briceburg

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bolden, William O.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED IN THE 1920'S BY THE FELICIANA GOLD MINING CO.; OWNED IN 1928 BY UNITED BLDG. AND DEVELOPMENT CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO. IDLE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS THICKLY BRUSHED OVER BUT BELIEVED TO BE SUPERFICIAL.

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. 276

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 32.4 ACRES. GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO ADJOINING ROMA, KING SOLOMON & SIERRA RICA MINES.

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

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