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Specimen, Pershing, and Specimen Ext.

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030889
MRDS ID M009365
Record type Site
Current site name Specimen, Pershing, and Specimen Ext.
Related records 10139851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.14821, 37.62492 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. NW OF BAGBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornitos(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 03S}03S 16E}16E 35}36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.14821, 37.62492
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Helmuth H. Lane

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1952 UNDER E. J. MARIAH OF MT. BULLION AND J. E. COSTA OF BEAR VALLEY, PRODUCING A SMALL TONNAGE OF 3-OZ. PER TON ORE. TEMPORARILY IDLE IN SEPT.1955;A SMALL QUANTITY OF GOLD RECOVERED BY LANE IN 1954. TOTAL PRODUCTION 1905-52 IS ABOUT $12,000 REALIZED FROM APPROX. 894 TONS OF ORE, AVE. OF ABOUT 13.42 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 60-FT. SHAFT WITH 40 FT. OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.- APRIL, 1957, P. 306

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES - PREPRINT FROM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1954, MIN. INDUSTRY OF CALIF., P. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., SEC., TOWNSHIP, RANGE.
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere W. U.S. Geological Survey

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