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Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102908
MRDS ID M009809
Record type Site
Current site name Granite King and Live Oak Buckeye, Billings
Related records 10261404

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98959, 37.43243 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Relative position 4 MI. SSW OF MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(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 006S 018E 03,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 03 ; NW 1/4 SEC 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICH ORE FROM UPPER OXIDIZED PART OF VEIN. POCKETS OF ORE OF HIGHER GRADE THAN .3 - .3 OZ AVERAGE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98959, 37.43243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 42.5 SE
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALLROCKS OF HORNBLENDE - BIOTITE GRANODIORITE AND FINER-GRAINED GRANITIC DIKE ROCK CONTAINING MORE DARK MINERALS THAN THE GRANODIORITE. DIKE INTRUDES VEIN FISSURE AND IN PLACES HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND MINGLED WITH VEIN MATTER. MAIN VEIN IS 2 - 5 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Production years 1870 - 1920 , 1938 - 1941

Mining district

District name Buckeye

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edith Mcelligott

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period - 1941
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ .10 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 3g/mt
  • Year 1941
    Period - 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.25 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 7g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • HISTORY DATES BEYOND 1870 - OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1941; IDLE SINCE THAT TIME. IN 1909 22 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $174.52 OR AN AVERAGE OF $7.93 PER TON AT OLD PRICE OF GOLD. DURING PERIOD 1938-1941, 9017 TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED WHICH YIELDED 2295 OZ. GOLD AND 916 OZ. SILVER. COPPER PRODUCTION 0-100,000 LBS. - D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, P. 267

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 6.475HA
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT AT LEAST 80 FT. W SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS. SEVERAL FLOODED SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 32 .

  • 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 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.: CAL. DIV. MINES, VOL. 57 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 267 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 267 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, POCKETS
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 16 ACRES, COMPRISING PARTS OF OLD GRANITE KING AND LIVE OAK CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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