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Quartz Mtn

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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 10103206
MRDS ID M022274
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz Mtn
Alternate or previous names Quartz Mine
Related records 10188002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68958, 37.19383 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position NW SUMMIT OF QUARTZ MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Neals(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)

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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 021E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC W 1/2 W 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68958, 37.19383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

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
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE 60 - STAMP MILL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SAID TO HAVE YIELDED SOME RICH POCKETS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1950 , MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF MADERA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 46 , NO. 4 , P. 473 , PL. 73 .

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, W., 1888 , MADERA COUNTY: 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 210 - 211 .

  • Deposit

    MCLAUGHLIN, R. P. & BRADLEY, W. W., 1914 , MADERA COUNTY: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 14 , P. 549 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, ONE ORE SHOOT 500 FT LONG
Deposit SEVERAL CLAIMS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PATENTED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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