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Blue Bell

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031290
MRDS ID M009961
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell
Alternate or previous names Jumbo
Related records 10285905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75876, 37.60243 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES E OF JERSEYDALE BY TRAIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckingham Mountain(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

Sierra 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 004S 020E 09 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 > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75876, 37.60243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 72 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PORPHYRY FOOTWALL, SLATE AND GRANITE HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jerseydale

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hiram Branson ?

Comments on the production information

  • NO DATA ON PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • 145-FT. CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND 80 FT. OF DRIFTS.

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. 243 .

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 80.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 5 FT THICK (AVE.)
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS, THE BLUE BELL, JUMBO, AND BLUE BELL EXTENSION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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