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Adelaide and Anderson

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102854
MRDS ID M009345
Record type Site
Current site name Adelaide and Anderson
Related records 10236237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.18599, 37.66492 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 22,23 California

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. 22 NE 1/4 , SEC. 23 NW 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TELLURITE MENTIONED, NOT CONFIRMED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.18599, 37.66492
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted Synclined Trough

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 31 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE SHOOT IS 25 FT. WIDE. ATTITUDE REFERS TO ADELAIDE VEIN. GRANODIORITE IN FIELD K2A IS DESCRIBED FOR ANDERSON VEIN. BLACK SLATE AND SERPENTINE FOR ADELAIDE; BLACK SLATE W SMALL INTRUSIONS FOR GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Production years 1870 TO 1880

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alfred W. Stickney

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED 1870'S TO 1885; LITTLE WORK DONE BETWEEN 1885 AND 1933; ABOUT 440 FT. DRIVEN ON ADELAIDE IN 1934 BUT NO SATISFACTORY ORE SHOOT FOUND AND MINES BECAME IDLE. SAMPLING ON ADELAIDE IN 1943 ASSAYED FROM $1 TO $7 PER TON WITH GOLD AT PRESENT PRICE. BOTH MINES IDLE; NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ANDERSON SHAFTS CAVED IN, IN ACCESSIBLE ( 1957 ).

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. 232 .

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 42 .

  • Production

    BOWEN, O. E., JR. & GRAY, H., JR., 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS; TWO UNPATENTED MILL SITES. ON THE ADELAIDE, PYRITE HEAVILY IMPREGNATES VEIN MATERIAL AT NUMEROUS POINTS; GOLD OCCURS PARTLY IN THE FREE STATE AND PARTLY IN INTIMATE MIXTURE WITH THE PYRITE; ASSOCIATED MINERALS ARE GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE; PRESENCE OF TELLURITE MENTIONED IN AN OLD REPORT NOT CONFIRMED.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1860'S OR EARLY 1870'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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