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Live Oak Quartz Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102895
MRDS ID M009691
Record type Site
Current site name Live Oak Quartz Mine
Related records 10236997

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98792, 37.58715 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 1/2 MILE S. OF SAXON CREEK STATION ON THE OLD YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD (WHICH FOLLOWED THE MERCED RIVER) 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS .

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
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98792, 37.58715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS AVG. 20 & 8 INCHES ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN A GREENSTONE FOOT WALL AND A SLATE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 134.11M
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHAFTS, 20 TO 50 FT. DEEP, 200-FT. CROSSCUT AND 100' DRIFTS (IN 1920). THE CLAIMS ARE LIVE OAK, LIVE OAK EXT. AND OCHRE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 120 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 11 .

  • Production

    CASTELLO 1921

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, TWO

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

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