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Santa Rosa

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 10031120
MRDS ID M009713
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95542, 37.54243 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position W HIWAY 140 0.5 MI S BEAR CK LODGE

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 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM

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 > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95542, 37.54243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stockton And Eckter
    First year 1934
    Last year 1936

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION FROM POCKETS 1911 , 1926 , 1929 - 34 . CONSIDERABLE ORE MINED 1934 - 1936 AVG $7.50/TON EXCLUSIVE OF HIGH GRADE POCKETS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 132.59M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 3 SHAFTS

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. 302 - 303

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ORE ZONE 7 - 20 FT THICK
Deposit ADJOINS SANTA CLAVA MINE ON SAME ORE ZONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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