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Simpson Vein

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031182
MRDS ID M009803
Record type Site
Current site name Simpson Vein
Related records 10260665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.03238, 37.4666 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 1 1/2 MI. SOUTH AND SLIGHTLY EAST OF THE (SORREL MINES ON HIGHWAY 140, OR 1 3/4 MI. WEST OF GUADALUPE VALLEY. LOCATED IN NE COR. SEC. 23, 5S, 17E) IN RUGGED COUNTRY AND ADJACENT TO LA MINITA GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catheys Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED. Corrected longitude to match DEP_ID 10260665.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.03238, 37.4666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1902-03, PRODUCING 12.03 TONS OF ORE YIELDING $317.42, OR AN AVERAGE OF $26.37 PER TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 305

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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