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Texas Gulch Texas

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031173
MRDS ID M009785
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Gulch Texas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99265, 37.5166 (WGS84)
Relative position IN TEXAS GULCH CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 140 BETWEEN NEGRO HILL AND THE ORTEGA MINE, THIS SECTION. FORMERLY PART OF LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT.

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)

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 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99265, 37.5166
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Noel Coutts
    First year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1902-03 PRODUCING 185.54 TONS OF ORE YIELDING $2689.73 OR AN AVERAGE OF $14.51 PER TON AT OLD PRICE OF GOLD. PRODUCED ABOUT 1100 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE BETWEEN 1941 AND 1952. INACTIVE IN AUGUST 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 311

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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