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Bank of California

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031124
MRDS ID M009717
Record type Site
Current site name Bank of California
Related records 10163897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.97376, 37.5591 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 6 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)

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 004S 018E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY 1 OF 2 WORKINGS E 1/2 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.97376, 37.5591
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN IN PORPHYRY DIKE CUTTING SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colorado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. E. Dunbar
    First year 1914

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONCE CONSISTED OF A 50-FT. AND A 75-FT. SHAFT, BOTH CAVED.

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. 237 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MARIPOSA COUNTY: 17TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST FOR 1920 , P. 107 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN AVE. THICKNESS 2 1/2 FT.
Deposit MINE NOT IDENTIFICABLE FROM AVAILABLE DESCRIPTION. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MINES LATER GATHERED TOGETHER UNDER THE NAME OF THE MOUNTAIN BELLE GROUP.

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

Beyond USGS

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