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San Domingo Quartz

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034744
MRDS ID M021632
Record type Site
Current site name San Domingo Quartz
Alternate or previous names Buffalo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9382, 37.58826 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 8 MI NE MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Granite 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9382, 37.58826
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE FOOTWALL GRANITE HANGING WALL

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 Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL & AIR SHAFT

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. 136 - 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVG 2 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

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