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Black Jack

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030848
MRDS ID M009305
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack
Related records 10163793

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.15799, 37.70292 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. E OF COULTERVILLE

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 003S 016E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.15799, 37.70292
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1900 - 1901 , 1909 - 1910

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. B. Dexter
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 406.35 OZ. GOLD IN 1900-01 FROM AN UNKNOWN TONNAGE OF ORE AND 1043.35 OZ. GOLD AND 14 OZ. SILVER IN 1909-10 ALSO FROM AN UNKNOWN TONNAGE OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DATA ON WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 241 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 130 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit UNPATENTED CLAIM (1927)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey MODIFIED LATITUDE BASED UPON TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION CONVERSION PROGRAM
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 27-JAN-1998 Boyce, E. G. U.S. Geological Survey

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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