Lovely Rogers

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030982
MRDS ID M009504
Record type Site
Current site name Lovely Rogers
Alternate or previous names Cherokee, Shiner
Related records 10139872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.06377, 37.68742 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position CTR. OF SEC. 1/2 MI. SO. GENTRY GULCH ROAD. LOCATION 1 MILE SW OF HASLOE MINE IN SEC.1. LOCATION MAY BE IN NE1/4, ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS INDICATED ON U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. BUCKHORN PEAK, CALIF., 1949

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

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 003S 017E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
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 > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.06377, 37.68742

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 56 - 73 W
    Dip ZONE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GROUP. CUT BY SEVERAL NARROW GRANITIC DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1857
Production years 1857 - 1890'S, 1932 - 1939

Mining district

District name Bagby

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Nettie Shimer Hauck Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 9 TONS CONCENTRATE CONTAINING RECOVERABLE CU, PB, AG, AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, THREE LEVELS. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS OR PITS ON NW 1/3 OF THE CLAIM. NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS OVER THE SE 2/3 OF THE CLAIM.

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. 122 , 279 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 122 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS 3 AND 4 , P. 550 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 96 .

  • Deposit

    5) AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. P. 12 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PARTIALLY PATENTED CLAIM, 12.57 ACRES. ORIGINAL OWNER RECOVERED GOLD FROM HIGH-GRADE SURFACE ORE BY CRUSHING THE ORE IN A HAND MORTAR.
Deposit VEIN .3 MORE OR LESS PARALLEL

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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