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Artru

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076886
MRDS ID W024177
Record type Site
Current site name Artru
Related records 10163195

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.97154, 37.55549 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position ABOUT 7 MILES N OF 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
004S 018E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.97154, 37.55549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALTERED PORPHYRY DIKE 20 TO 30 FT. THICK CUTTING SLATE, WITH STRINGERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colorado

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER DATA ON PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2.61HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEP TRENCH THE THICKNESS OF THE DIKE. OTHER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 75 - FT. SHAFT; 450 FT. DRIFT; 4 CROSSCUT TUNNELS, EACH APPROX. 140 FT. LONG; SEVERAL RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 235 - 6 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 79 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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