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Buena Vista Group

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031112
MRDS ID M009704
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Group
Related records 10212310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99348, 37.57549 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 AIRLINE MI. N. AND SLIGHTLY W. OF MARIPOSA (BUSCH, WASHINGTON-BUENA VISTA)

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 04S 18E 20,21,28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99348, 37.57549
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Colorado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. W. And Velma Worley

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1882-83 TO 1929. IDLE DURING MOST OF PERIOD 1929-1955. IN 1892 AN ORE SHOOT 8-9 IN WIDE STRUCK IN THE VEIN AT DEPTH OF 15 FT. WHICH RAN $62.00 PER TON IN GOLD AND $1.67 IN SILVER. ASSAYS MADE IN 1927-28 VARIED FROM $6.40 TO $32.96 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1914 PRINCIPAL WORKING WAS 180-FT. SHAFT WITH 140 FT. DRIFTS, WINZE, 67-FT. CROSSCUT TUNNEL, MOSTLY ON WASHINGTON AND BUENA VISTA CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    17TH REPT. ST. MIN. P. 141 (WASHINGTON)

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP 81,245

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS, THE WASHINGTON, BUENA VISTA AND PHOENIX (GROUP ONCE INCLUDED THE TALC, LUCKY LINDY AND CHARLES CLAIMS.)
Deposit Discovery Year: 1882 OR 1883

Reporter information

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

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