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White Oak

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031130
MRDS ID M009724
Record type Site
Current site name White Oak
Alternate or previous names White Oak Ext
Related records 10115424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.96459, 37.5516 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 0.4 MI S. COLORADO SCH.

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 27,34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE1/4 27, NE1/4 34. SE1/4 27, NE1/4 34.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granite Badly Altered, Vein Accompanied By Altered, Clayey Dike-Rock.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.96459, 37.5516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 - 30 W
    Dip 70 - 80 NE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Where Cutters Strike Main Vein

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 Edward Y. Meyers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 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. 315

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 - 4 FT THICK

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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