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Nutmeg

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031146
MRDS ID M009743
Record type Site
Current site name Nutmeg
Related records 10237359

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0257, 37.55799 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position NW1/4 SE1/4 (1 MI. N. OF PERMIT MINE) BEAR VALLEY QUAD SHOWS UNIDENTIFIED PROSPECT IN S1/2 NE1/4.

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 04S 18E 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0257, 37.55799
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lebarry, Sam
    Home office C/O Permit Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE RECORDED OF EARLY HISTORY. MODERATE PRODUCTION RECORDED 1938-1951, TOTAL OF 5239 TONS OF ORE HAVING YIELDED 1204 OZ. GOLD, A LITTLE LEAD AND COPPER AND 331 OZ. SILVER. AVERAGE YIELD PER TON HAS BEEN BETWEEN $8 AND $8.50 ALTHOUGH SOME POCKETS OF ORE RUN AS HIGH AS 3 OZ. PER TON. STILL WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY PERMIT MINING CO.

Comments on the workings information

  • 106-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH MORE THAN 160-FT. OF DRIFTS ON THE 50-FT. LEVEL AND 300-FT. ON THE 100-FT. LEVEL..

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 145, 292

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 551

  • Deposit

    RD FILE SAYS THAT SOME PB, CU AND AG HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN ADDITION TO AU.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. WALL ROCKS ARE MASSIVE AND SHEARED PYROXENE ANDESITE GREENSTONE. FOUR ORE SHOOTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WHICH AVERAGE 25 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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