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Contention and Black Oak

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. Mining district
  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 10031082
MRDS ID M009665
Record type Site
Current site name Contention and Black Oak
Related records 10140187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.95931, 37.69131 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Relative position 8 1/2 M W OF EL PORTAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinsley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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 003S 018E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.95931, 37.69131
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NE
    Dip 50 SE
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 1 - 10 FT. GRANITE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOT WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. OF DRIFTS FROM SHAFT.

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. 252 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 10 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

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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