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Unspecified Locality

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040667
MRDS ID M055522
Record type Site
Current site name Unspecified Locality

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.96431, 37.48854 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position NEAR MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa(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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 018E California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE; TO CENTER OF MARIPOSA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amalgam Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU 39.02 AND 41.63% { HG 60.98 AND 58.37%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.96431, 37.48854
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA...CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866 - 1966): CDMG BULL. 189

  • Deposit

    EAKLE, A. S., 1914, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 67.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED TO OCCUR IN SOME OF THE MINES NEAR MARIPOSA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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