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Marble Springs

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. 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 10031064
MRDS ID M009642
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Springs
Alternate or previous names Compromise and Enbanks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.02432, 37.72242 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. W BULL CREEK SCHOOL 2 MI. S BOWER CAVE.

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

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 018E 30,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC., SE 1/4 SEC. 30 , NE 1/4 SEC. 31 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.02432, 37.72242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 - 15 E
    Dip 35 - 47 SE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS ARE CHIEFLY MASSIVE, BLUE BLACK HORNFELSIC QUARTZ-BIOTITE ROCK WITH SOME INTERLAYERED GREENSTONE AND OCCASIONAL SLATY AND QUARTZITIC STRATA. META SEDIMENTS ARE PART OF THE CALAVERAS GROUP. VEIN SYSTEM IS INTERSECTED AND ACCOMPANIED BY A FINE-GRAINED GREENISH GRANITIC DIKE APPROXIMATING QUARTZ-DIORITE. CASTELLO ( 1921 ) DESCRIBES A SLATE FOOTWALL & DIORITE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Production years 1850 , 1866 - 1869 , 1881 - 1885 , 1898 - 1901 , 1918 - 1920 , 1930 , 1935 - 43 , 1950 - 1952

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George B. Glenn

Comments on the production information

  • SUBSTANTIAL HIGH GRADE ORE REMOVED 1866 - 1869 . DURING LAST PERIOD OF PRODUCTION ORE AVERAGED $10.70 AU/TON WITH CONSIDERABLE LEAD AND A LITTLE COPPER & SILVER. MUCH ORE MINED EARLIER RAN MORE THAN $25 AT THE OLD PRICE OF GOLD. INCOMPLETE RECORDS INDICATE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST $200,000 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKING IS A 470 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS. 130 FT. DRIFT ADIT. VEIN STOPED DISCONTINUOUSLY NEARLY 3000 FT. BETWEEN SURFACE & 300 FT. LEVEL MAIN ORE SHOOT WAS 400 FEET LONG NEAR THE SURFACE, SEVERAL OTHER SHOOTS, ONE OVER 100 FEET LONG.

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. 126 - 128 , 281 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 123 .

  • 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. 97 .

  • 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 VEIN. THE COMPROMISE AND EUBANKS VEIN ARE SEGMENTS OF THE SAME VEIN. FROM 2 - 5 FT. THICK, IN PLACES CARRYING THIN SEAMS OF WALL ROCK.
Deposit TWO PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 41.3 ACRES

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.

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