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Barrel Springs

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031043
MRDS ID M009607
Record type Site
Current site name Barrel Springs
Related records 10188410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0782, 37.48326 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MI. W OF MARIPOSA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Catheys Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(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 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 , UTM EST. SEC. LINES PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0782, 37.48326
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1905

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Horace Meyer ?

Comments on the production information

  • 47 1/2 TONS MILLED IN LAST ACTIVE YEAR, 1905 .

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. 238

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit LAND HAS PROBABLY REVERTED TO AGRICULTURAL STATUS; ONE OF THE MINES OF THE LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT.

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

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