Black Bart

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030993
MRDS ID M009524
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bart
Alternate or previous names Cal - Penn - Tex Group, Bart
Related records 10236783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.11877, 37.67214 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MI. SE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 017E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE W 1/2 , UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.11877, 37.67214

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip 28 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN PARALLELS AND IN PLACES INTERLAMINATES WITH LT. GREY ALBITITE DIKE. ALSO OCCURS IN RUST COLORED HYDROTHERMAL POCKETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cattown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franz E. Ryburg

Comments on the production information

  • NO DATA ON PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • GROUND SURFACE IN VICINITY HAS BEEN PLACERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1970 , GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 193 , P. 36 .

  • 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. 241 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE BLACK BART, WORMS TURN, AND CAL - PENN TEX.

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.

Authoritative California resources

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