Bob McKee

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030969
MRDS ID M009485
Record type Site
Current site name Bob McKee
Alternate or previous names McKee
Related records 10261122

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.10877, 37.73936 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/4 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

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 002S 017E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 UTM EST. PROPERTY MAY LIE PARTLY IN SECS 20 & 21 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.10877, 37.73936

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 65 NW
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATTER CONSISTS OF MILKY QUARTZ WITH PYRITE AND WALL ROCK INCLUSIONS. VEIN IS 1-3 FT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE IN AUGUST, 1954. MINE UNEQUIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, BOTH CAVED, AND A SERIES OF OPEN CUTS ALONG THE VEIN WHICH MAY REPRESENT CAVED STOPES.

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. 243 AND PLATE 4 .

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 85 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.