Guadalupe

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031183
MRDS ID M009804
Record type Site
Current site name Guadalupe
Related records 10261914

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.02154, 37.45354 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MI. SW OF MARIPOSA

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 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SEC LINES PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.02154, 37.45354

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 25 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IS 18 IN THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1904 - 1915

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1904-05, 1913, 1915, PRODUCING 83.04 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED $1932.45 OR AN AVERAGE OF $23.21 PER TON AT THE OLD PRICE OF GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT TUNNEL AND OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 267 - 8 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MARIPOSA COUNTY: 17TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST ( FOR 1920 ) , P. 117 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Unknown 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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