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Number Five Monte Carlo

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109233
MRDS ID M009421
Record type Site
Current site name Number Five Monte Carlo
Related records 10260619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.17655, 37.52493 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY SE1/4 2, NE1/4 11 - 1 MI. NE NUMBER NINE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornitos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 05S 16E 02,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.17655, 37.52493
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milton Sutherland
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION RECORDED IN 1899; PRINCIPAL PERIOD OF ACTIVITY 1909-1914. THE MINE WAS OPERATED UNDER LEASE FOR A TIME IN 1921-22 AND A SMALL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED. NO MATERIAL AMOUNT OF MINING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1922 AND PROPERTY HAS REVERTED TO AGRICULTURAL STATUS.

Comments on the workings information

  • LONG CROSSCUT ADIT WITH EXTENSIVE CONECTING DRIFTS AND STOPES; 2 SHAFTS, ONE 260 FEET DEEP, THE OTHER 200 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN. - APRIL, 1957, PP. 142-143, 291

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF THE NUMBER 5 AND JACK QUARTZ CLAIMS AND THE FRACTIONAL STANDBY AND NO. 5 EXTENSION CLAIMS. VEIN MATTER CONSISTS PRINCIPALLY OF MILKY QUARTZ WITH ABUNDANT PYRITE. SURFACE SHOWINGS OF GOSSAN ARE COMMON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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