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Mebold I

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031113
MRDS ID M009705
Record type Site
Current site name Mebold I
Alternate or previous names King Saxon, Queen Saxon, Kid Saxon, Frenchman
Related records 10115044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98681, 37.57271 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1.5 MI. NW COLORADO SCHOOL

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 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS $3.69 - $22.40 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98681, 37.57271
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Slaty Cleavage Strikes Roughly Parallel With The Vein, Dips Steeply Ne.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GP. BLACK SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas V. Bell Jr., Et Al

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO DRIFT ADITS, 450 & 300 FT. LONG. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT CROSSCUT ADITS.

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. 283 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 93 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit WORKINGS ARE STRUNG OUT FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE IN A LINE ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO SAXON CREEK.

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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