1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Akoz

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030825
MRDS ID M009271
Record type Site
Current site name Akoz
Alternate or previous names B.A.B., Radium, Asposozien
Related records 10236354

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.31682, 37.60131 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/4 AIRLINE MILES NORTH OF MERCED FALLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merced Falls(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 015E 09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result .12 OZ/TON AU, 10.9 OZ/TON AG, 12.83 % ZN, .79 % PB AND .87 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.31682, 37.60131
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERICITE SCHIST DERIVED FROM GREENSTONE AND CUT BY GREENSTONE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Production years 1944

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carlin (Estate)
    Home office C/O Mrs. P. Erickson

Comments on the production information

  • MAY HAVE PRODUCED GOLD - SILVER ORE PRIOR TO 1900. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS; 90 FT. SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS AT THE 35 , 60 AND 90 FT. LEVELS. NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS. 800 FT. EAST IS ANOTHER SHAFT 15 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIR. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 1 & 2 , P. 198 - 199 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY; VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 , P. 546 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE: 400 - 800 FT. IN PLAN, ELONGATED ROUGHLY NORTHWEST.
Deposit EARLY 1900'S THE UNUSUAL TRIBOLUMINESCENCE OF SPHALERITE WAS MISTAKEN FOR THE GLOW OF RADIUM, SMALL AMOUNT WAS MINED, PULVERIZED AND MARKETED FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.