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Lookout

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030870
MRDS ID M009337
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20293, 37.66742 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1 MI. E HORSESHOE BEND ON LAKE MCCLURE

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 15,22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.20293, 37.66742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction FT
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE OVER 50 YEARS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

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. 278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJACENT TO CRYSTAL & CABINET MINES. PROBABLY ONE OF THE PROSPECTS SHOWN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 15 , NW 1/4 SEC. 22 . LOCATION SHOWN ON USGS SURVEY FOLIO 63 , 1900 , CLAIM SHEET 2 , SEC. 4 MAP, INDICATES CLAIM LIES IN SECS. 15 & 16 .
Deposit VEIN

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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