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Red Hill Mine

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030862
MRDS ID M009327
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Mine
Related records 10140277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.16627, 37.67492 (WGS84)
Relative position SAID TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE "MOTHER LODE". 4 MI. SE OF COULTERVILLE; REF. ALSO SHOWS THE VIRGINIA MINE AS BEING SIMILARLY LOCATED, SO THIS MINE MUST BE NEAR THE VIRGINIA.

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 13,14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OCCURS ON THE CONTACT OF SERPENTINE AND DIABASE. THE ORE IS GOLD-BEARING COPPER SULPHURETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    12TH REPT. ST. MIN. P. 175

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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