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Lucky Boy

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102879
MRDS ID M009560
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy
Related records 10285519

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.08988, 37.59798 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position PROBABLY SW1/4. ADJOINS THE FRENCH MINE ON THE EAST (FRENCH MINE IN SECS. 9 AND 16)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(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 004S 017E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.08988, 37.59798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950 - 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Nettie Hauck, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY WORKED BY THE OWNER ( 1957 ).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 5X7 CROSSCUT ADIT MORE THAN 100 FT. LONG, CONNECTING WITH A LONG DRIFT AND NUMEROUS STOPES; SEVERAL OPEN STOPES, SECONDARY CROSSCUT ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 279 .

  • Deposit

    CDM BULL. 135, PL. 4

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN - EAST EXTENSION OF THE FRENCH VEIN
Deposit AURIFEROUS GRAVELS IN NW1/4 (BULL. 108, PL.10). NOTE: PAGE 279 SHOWS LOCATION IN SEC 10, 4S, 16E, BUT PL. 4, AND DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION INDICATE LOCATION IN R. 17E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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