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Menlo Consolidated

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031116
MRDS ID M009708
Record type Site
Current site name Menlo Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Aden
Related records 10207457

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.96265, 37.56382 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position ONE-HALF MILE NE OF 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 22,23,26,27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.96265, 37.56382
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Catherine Aden
    Home office C/O Dorman R. Mangels

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 190.5M
    Overall depth 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1916, A 300-FT. CROSSCUT, 180 FT. OF DRIFTS AND TWO SHAFTS 105 AND 40 FT. DEEP RESPECTIVELY.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 57 ACRES, INCLUDING THE ERNESTINE, MENLO, AND MOUNTAIN QUEEN CLAIMS. (U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. FELICIANA MTN., CALIF., 1948, SHOWS TWO SHAFTS IN THE S1/2 NE1/4 OF SEC. 22, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE A PART OF THIS GROUP)

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

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