Phoebe

Producer 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031172
MRDS ID M009782
Record type Site
Current site name Phoebe
Related records 10140251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99959, 37.47771 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4. PROBABLY ON THE CHILDS VEIN ON THE NE1/4 OF THE SECTION. FORMER LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINE; OWNERSHIP NOT DETERMINED.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(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 05S 18E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99959, 37.47771

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LAST ACTIVE IN 1908 PRODUCING 130 TONS OF ORE FROM WHICH $272.58 IN GOLD WAS EXTRACTED, OR AN AVERAGE OF $2.10 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL WORKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 296

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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