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Monte Cristo Group

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Antimony
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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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031292
MRDS ID M009963
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Group
Related records 10187812

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77515, 37.57465 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 4 MI. NE MARIPOSA GRAND STN.

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 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS $16 - 18 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77515, 37.57465
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 72 NE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PORPHYRY FOOTWALL, GRANITE HANGING WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jerseydale

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 FT. INCLINE, OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 287 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 127 .

  • Production

    CASTELLO, 1921

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, TWO, AVG. 7 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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