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Suprise

Past Producer in Madera 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103209
MRDS ID M022283
Record type Site
Current site name Suprise
Alternate or previous names Old Jackass Brown
Related records 10236039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.31986, 37.52382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
Relative position 1 MI ESE OF NORRIS LAKE ON SE SLOPE OF MERCED PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timber Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 024E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SW 1/4 , LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM TOPO MAP UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.31986, 37.52382
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT SHAFT AND 100 FT ADIT, OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 164

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FEW IN THICK

Reporter information

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

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