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Margaret

Past 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030842
MRDS ID M009296
Record type Site
Current site name Margaret
Related records 10211845

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20377, 37.71964 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position SE1/4 33, SW1/4 34. PATENTED PROPERTY CONTAINING ABOUT 20 ACRES JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 49 IN COULTERVILLE. ADJOINS THE LUISA MINE ON THE NORTH WEST.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(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 002S 016E 33,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.20377, 37.71964
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lautenschlager, Walter J.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY PRIOR TO 1900 AS PART OF THE MARY HARRISON GROUP OF MINES, AND EARLIER AS AN INDEPENDENT PROPERTY. DETAILS OF PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED. IDLE MANY YEARS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS LARGELY CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE BUT PROBABLY NOT EXTENSIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 281 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 63, 1900, CLAIM SHEET 2, SEC. 4 (LOCATION)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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