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El Capitan Group

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102912
MRDS ID M009863
Record type Site
Current site name El Capitan Group
Related records 10237455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.86404, 37.6641 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. W OF EL PORTAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Portal(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

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 019E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • SHORT DISTANCE FROM CLEARINGHOUSE MINE, SEC. LINES PROJECTED, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.86404, 37.6641
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAY BE SAME VEIN AS THAT IN HITE MINE NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner El Capitan Gold Mining Co.
    Home office C/O James H. Eaton

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS CARRIED ON UNTIL 1927 ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 85 , 131

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit COMPANY CONTROLLED 14 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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