Cosmopolite & Violet

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077955
MRDS ID W026039
Record type Site
Current site name Cosmopolite & Violet
Related records 10214649

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24543, 37.83186 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE S.E. OF GROVELAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groveland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
001S 016E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
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) -120.24543, 37.83186

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 45 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: EAST AND WEST PORTIONS OF VEIN ON PROPERTY IN SLATE, MIDDLE PORTION IN GRANITE; A GRANITIC DIKE ACCOMPANIES PORTION OF VEIN WITH SLATE WALLS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 15.783HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 110 FT.; CROSSCUT ADIT 300 FT. W DRIFT 300 FT. AS OF 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894 , TWELFTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 12 , P. 301

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 143

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J.; Tatkin, T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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