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Onyx

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031046
MRDS ID M009614
Record type Site
Current site name Onyx
Related records 10285078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.09487, 37.42771 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position NEAR CATHEYS VALLEY

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 006S 017E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.09487, 37.42771
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW STEEP
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 185069.5M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. H. Rowland And S. B. Givens
    First year 1924

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT & OPEN CUTS

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. 293

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDLE IN 1954 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINTRACEABLE FOR 1.5 MILES.TRACEABLE FOR 1.5 MILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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