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Minaret

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076853
MRDS ID W024117
Record type Site
Current site name Minaret
Related records 10236569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.14902, 37.6741 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ritter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003S 026E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ZONE AVG. 1.5 % PB, 1.5 OZ AG AT COLLAR OF SHAFT ASSAYS SHOWED 42.5 % PB, 37 OZ. AG, 9.11 % ZN AND 3.68 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.14902, 37.6741
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE IS LARGELY SILICIFIED AND BETWEEN RHYOLITE WALLS, STRIKE NW, DIP NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED SHIPPING A CAR OF LEAD - SILVER - COPPER ORE VALUED AT $60/TON. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION IS KNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. SHAFT, OPEN - CUTS, DRIFTS AND ABOUT 2000 FT. OF DIAMOND - DRILL HOLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1926 , SPECIAL ARTICLES; 22ND REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 551

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; P. 543

  • Deposit

    MINARET CR. IN SE LY DIRECTION.

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 144, P. 263 22ND REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST,P. 546, 547

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE 150 - 250 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1982 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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