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Exchequer

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. 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 10102858
MRDS ID M009383
Record type Site
Current site name Exchequer
Related records 10260475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.25627, 37.59631 (WGS84)
Relative position AT CONFLUENCE OF COTTON CR. AND MERCED RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merced Falls(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 04S 16E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • CONFLUENCE OF COTTON CR. & MERCED RIVER. POSSIBLE SW 1/4 ? UTM EST. AUBURY, 1903 , NOTES SEC. 13 WHICH IS TOO FAR FROM CONFLUENCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.25627, 37.59631
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WELL DEFINED VEIN STRIKES NW ACROSS MERCED RIVER. PARTLY UNDER WATERS OF EXCHEQUER LAKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1880S

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN 1880'S.

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. 259 - 260 .

  • Deposit

    AUBRY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 11 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PROPERTY ONCE CONSISTED OF SEVEN CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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