Kane Quartz

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034717
MRDS ID M021597
Record type Site
Current site name Kane Quartz
Alternate or previous names Mayflower

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.86042, 37.52715 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 3 M E BEAR CK SCHOOL

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)

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 005S 019E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.86042, 37.52715

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, ONE 60 FT, THE OTHER 140 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W.O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit MAY BE CONFUSED WITH THE KANE MINE BUT LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT SECTION. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.