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Silver Lane Golden Rod, Wallman Ranch

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031270
MRDS ID M009936
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lane Golden Rod, Wallman Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.92015, 37.41826 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 AIRLINE MI. S. AND 1 MI. W. OF BOOTJACK.

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 006S 019E 08,09,16,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.92015, 37.41826
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Lane Gold Mining Co.
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY HISTORY HAS NOT BEEN RECORDED. PRINCIPAL PERIOD OF OPERATION 1933-1938. ORE RESERVES DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME WERE BELIEVED TO CONTAIN $60,000 BUT ONLY A SMALL PART WAS EVER PROCESSED. SEVERAL TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO THE SMELTER IN 1938 YIELDED $38.50 IN SILVER AND $5.50 IN GOLD. ALL EQUIPMENT REMOVED AND THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN SEPTEMBER 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 240-FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 2 LEVELS AND APPROX. 280-FT. OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 194-195, 329

  • Deposit

    MR-34

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN REPORTED TO CONTAIN ARGENTITE, PROUSTITE, PYRARGYRITE, CERARGYRITE, NATIVE SILVER, PYRITE, GALENA, AND A LITTLE GOLD. ORE REMAINING ON THE DUMP IN 1954 CONTAINED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRARGYRITE, GALENA AND ARGENTITE. NOTE: THERE IS A PROSPECT SHOWN IN THE NW COR. OF SEC. 16, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LOCATION OF A PORTION OF THIS MINE - U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. MARIPOSA, CALIF., 1948.

Reporter information

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

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