North Whitlock

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10031152
MRDS ID M009750
Record type Site
Current site name North Whitlock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.00765, 37.54437 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. THE TUNNEL ENDS AT THE BOUNDARY OF THE ADJOINING WHITLOCK CLAIM. THIS AND OTHER MINES IN THIS SECTION ARE PROBABLY THE WORKINGS SHOWN ON U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. BEAR VALLEY, CALIF., 1948

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)

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 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.00765, 37.54437

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grunewald, Tom
  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller, Nettie M.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG; ADIT 40 FT. LONG; SHAFT (VERTICAL) 100-FT.; MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 291

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 20.51 ACRES. VEIN MATTER CHIEFLY MILKY QUARTZ WITH NATIVE GOLD AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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