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Chateau

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034687
MRDS ID M021563
Record type Site
Current site name Chateau
Related records 10236859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.21238, 37.6902 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 1 1/2 M SW OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(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 003S 016E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.21238, 37.6902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 - 20 FT THICK VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. LONG INACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES & MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA CO., CALIF: CDMG, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

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

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