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Balance

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030849
MRDS ID M009306
Record type Site
Current site name Balance
Related records 10140349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.1896, 37.71659 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MI. S 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 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 50 NE

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

  • PRODUCTION AND EXTENT OF FORMER WORKINGS NOT RECORDED. IDLE FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

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. 237 .

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1900 , MOTHER LODE DISTRICT FOLIO: USGS GEOL. ATLAS OF THE US, FOLIO 63 , CLAIM SHEET 2 , SEC. 4 , LOC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit THIS CLAIM IS PART OF A GROUP CALLED THE MARY HARRISON GROUP.

Reporter information

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

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