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Josephine

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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 10035092
MRDS ID M022239
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine
Related records 10114821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.76153, 37.32132 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position S SLOPE OF INDIAN HILL IN GRUB GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsecamp Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 020E 14,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 . 14 LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM TOPO. MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.76153, 37.32132
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 S
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ESTIMATED THAT 36,000 TONS OF ORE WERE STOPED FROM 325 - FT. LEVEL.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INCLINES, 550 FT. SHAFT FROM WHICH 8 LEVELS WERE DRIVEN. 20 - STAMP MILL. SEE GOLDSTONE, P. 203 .

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE AVG. 3 % SULFIDES VALUED AT $750/TON IN GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13 , P. 207 .

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, W., JR., 1888 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8 , P. 213 - 214 .

  • Deposit

    GOLDSTONE, L. P., 1890 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 10 , P. 202 - 204 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 546 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 5 FT. THICK. GRANITE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL. LENGTH OF ORE SHOOT IS 450 FT.
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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