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Garnet Queen Group

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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 10031277
MRDS ID M009944
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Queen Group
Related records 10163696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.79431, 37.68882 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY S1/2. HALF A MILE WEST OF EL PORTAL IN THE CANYON RUNNING SOUTH FROM EAGLE PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 020E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.79431, 37.68882
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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 Sierraposa Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • GARNET QUEEN AND GARNET KING (ONE OF THIS GROUP?) BEING PROSPECTED IN 1954. SOME ORE MINED IN 1956, MILLED IN 1957, AND SOLD TO GSA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 331

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1954 MIN. INDUSTRY OF CALIF. (PREPRINT) , P. 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 226

Reporter information

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

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