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Red Cloud Kate Kearney

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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030964
MRDS ID M009479
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Kate Kearney
Related records 10284845

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.08599, 37.73909 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position S1/2 22, N1/2 27

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Peak(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 02S 17E 22,27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.08599, 37.73909
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl Harper

Comments on the production information

  • PRINCIPAL PERIOD OF OPERATION 1885-1895 WHEN MOST OF WORKINGS WERE DRIVEN AND MOST OF PRODUCTION MADE. MINE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1935 BUT NO ACTIVE MINING HAS BEEN DONE SINCE. EST PRODUCTION IS ABOUT $1,500,000 BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS TO SUBSTANTIATE THIS CLAIM. WORKINGS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • 8X10 FOOT INCLINED SHAFT 700 FT. DEEP WITH LEVELS AT INTERVALS OF 100 FT.; DRIFTS AGGREGATE MORE THAN 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 163-164, 299

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOPO MAP SHOWS 4 PROSPECTS & SHAFT COVERING AREA OF MORE THAN 20 ACRES. ONE CLAIM, 20 ACRES APPROX. IN THE MIDDLE 1880'S ORE WAS RUNNING ABOUT $30 PER TON, MOSTLY FROM NATIVE GOLD. AVE. CONTENT OF SULFIDES WAS ABOUT 2 1/2 PERCENT AURIFEROUS PYRITE CONCENTRATES RUNNING BETWEEN $100 AND $200 PER TON.

Reporter information

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

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