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Marguerite

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030930
MRDS ID M009427
Record type Site
Current site name Marguerite
Related records 10114805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.12988, 37.70798 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position NEAR DOGTOWN

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

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 017E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.12988, 37.70798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Louis Ferretti
    Home office C/O Margaret Tiscornio

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED BY THE OWNER. SMALL PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER REPORTED IN 1954. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • POCKET MINE

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. 281 .

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E., MCLENEGAN, J. D., MATSON, E. J., 1957 , THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1954 , VOLUME THREE, AREA REPORTS: US BUREAU OF MINES, P. 220 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
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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