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Castagnetto Iv

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030898
MRDS ID M009378
Record type Site
Current site name Castagnetto Iv

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.17543, 37.73464 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NE 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 004S 016E 03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.17543, 37.73464
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CUTTER VEIN WHICH CROSSES BLUE LEAD QUARTZ VEIN, LOCAL NAME, WHICH IS ON OR CLOSE TO THE CONTACT BETWEEN HUNTER VALLEY CHERT AND META-AUGITE ANDESITE GREENSTONE. CHERT. HANGING WALL, GREENSTONE FOOTWALL IN GENERAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years - 1868

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Inez Bouvier ?

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, PROSPECT PITS.

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. 83 , 248 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , PL 10 .

  • Deposit

    REPT XVII , P. 108 .

  • Production

    CASTELLO, 1921

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit CONSISTS OF FOUR ADJOINING UNPATENTED CLAIMS, THE CARSON, CARSON NO. 1 AND 2, AND BOUVIER. ALL THE CLAIMS ARE ON THE BLUE LEAD VEIN. THE WORKINGS, WHICH ARE ON THE CARSON CLAIM ARE ON A CUTTER VEIN ABOUT 150 FT. EAST OF THE BLUE LEAD.

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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