Bower Cave Deposts

Prospect in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114906
MRDS ID M009638
MAS/MILS ID 0060430377
Record type Site
Current site name Bower Cave Deposts
Related records 10031062

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.03629, 37.74742 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LOC. ALONG E. SIDE OF KINGSLEY-COULTERVILLE BD FROM MIR LK\n

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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

Stanislaus 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 002 S 018 E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL IS DOLOMITE

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.03629, 37.74742

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., V. 53,NOS. 1&2, JAN.-APR., 1957, 208-209, 336

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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