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Bogan and Baitelle

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  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 10031121
MRDS ID M009714
Record type Site
Current site name Bogan and Baitelle
Alternate or previous names B. B.
Related records 10163287

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95404, 37.55687 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI N OF MARIPOSA

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 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95404, 37.55687
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 2 1/2 FT THICK AVE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1924 , 1937 - 1939

Mining district

District name Colorado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Wildt

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Est .01 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 0g/mt
  • Year 1924
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Est 1 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SPECIMEN ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM POCKETS. IN 1924, 50 TONS OF ORE YIELDED 47.76 OZ. OF GOLD AND 1 OZ. OF SILVER; A SMALL TONNAGE MINED IN 1937-39 YIELDED 5 OZ. OF GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2.084HA

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1914, 4 ADIT LEVELS, RESPECTIVELY 60, 100, 250, AND 300 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 243 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.- MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 81 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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