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Stockton Creek and Stockton Creek Tunnel

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031179
MRDS ID M009795
Record type Site
Current site name Stockton Creek and Stockton Creek Tunnel
Related records 10285554

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9732, 37.47937 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED HALF A MILE EAST AND SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF MARIPOSA, ADJOINING THE MARIPOSA MINE ON THE SOUTHEAST.

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 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9732, 37.47937
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1855

Comments on the production information

  • PRINCIPAL RECORDED PRODUCTION WAS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1915, DURING WHICH TIME 632.98 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED WHICH YIELDED $11,996.94 OR AN AVERAGE OF $18.95 PER TON. MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UP TO 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1928, A 135-FT. INCLINED SHAFT; TWO LEVELS, UPPER HAVING 250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND LOWER 300 FT.; STOPE 3 FT. WIDE, 100-FT. LONG AND 70 FT. HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 308

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN MOST EXTENSIVELY WORKED IS BELIEVED TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE MARIPOSA VEIN.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

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

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