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Schroeder Placer

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031101
MRDS ID M009693
Record type Site
Current site name Schroeder Placer
Related records 10261297

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9932, 37.58465 (WGS84)
Relative position W1/2. ON HIGH GROUND WEST OF SAXON CREEK - PROBABLY IN VICINITY OF THE SCHROEDER LODE MINE.

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9932, 37.58465
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles M. And C. F. Schroeder

Comments on the production information

  • THE SCHROEDER FAMILY OPERATED ON THE GROUND DURING WWI, COVERING ABOUT 5 ACRES. MUCH OF THE GROUND WAS VERY RICH.

Comments on the workings information

  • DURING WWI THERE WERE 5 1/2 MILES OF DITCHES AND 1500 FT. OF PIPE LINES USED IN GROUND SLUICING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 322

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WASHED MATERIAL REMAINING ON THE GROUND IN 1954 WAS BEDROCK REMNANTS AND SOIL MANTLE AND IT IS DOUBTFUL IF THIS WAS AN OLD CHANNEL DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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