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Alice

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031041
MRDS ID M009604
Record type Site
Current site name Alice
Alternate or previous names Alice Quartz I
Related records 10140119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.10627, 37.50299 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES W OF MT. BULLION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(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 005S 017E 16,17 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 16 , NE 1/4 17 , UTM ACC. MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 2000 FT. E OF THE LONG MARY MINE. SEC. LINES PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.10627, 37.50299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 FT. AVE. WIDTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Production years 1901 - 1908 , 1936

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Horace Meyer

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1901, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1908, PRODUCING 1284 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED $13,500 OR ABOUT $10.51 PER TON AT OLD PRICE OF GOLD. MINED FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1936 PRODUCING 268 TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED APPROX. $7.54 PER TON AT PRESENT PRICE OF GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1914 , A 200 - FT. SHAFT, 3 LEVELS WITH 360 - FT. OF DRIFTS, ONE 27 - FT. WINZE AND A 38 - FT. RAISE.

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. 232 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 79 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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