1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Sultana Group

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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 10031142
MRDS ID M009739
Record type Site
Current site name Sultana Group
Alternate or previous names Royal Group Bald Eagle, Sultan, Sultana, And Sultana Extension
Related records 10184090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.01154, 37.54965 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position E WHITLOCK CK. 4 MI N & SLIGHTLY W MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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 29,32 California

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) -120.01154, 37.54965
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 - 60 E
    Thickness 0.46M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALL ROCKS MASSIVE PYROXENE ANDESITE GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thos E. Faxon And Thomas M. Bains Iii

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 92.96M
    Overall depth 75M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, WINZE

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. 308 - 309

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FEW INCHES TO 1.5 FT THICK
Deposit PATENTED 45.80 AC ; 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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.