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Galena King

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. 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 10236480
MRDS ID M00805
MAS/MILS ID 0060390237
Record type Site
Current site name Galena King
Alternate or previous names Bliss Group, Bruce Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.19926, 37.69823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ritter(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)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 003 S 025 E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE REPORTED ON NW SLOPE OF MT. LYELL IN SECS. 4, 9, AND 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.19926, 37.69823
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND MINING REPORT 24, 1928, P. 340.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 262.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 542.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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