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Permit Boulder, Kockel, Bulldog, Bullpup

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031117
MRDS ID M009709
Record type Site
Current site name Permit Boulder, Kockel, Bulldog, Bullpup
Related records 10140237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0207, 37.5466 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position (POSSIBLY SHOULD BE SECS. 31, 32) NE1/4 31, NW1/4 32 (?)

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)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 04S 18E 23,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0207, 37.5466
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Permit Mining Co.
    Home office C/O H. H. Odgers

Comments on the production information

  • THE BULLDOG OPERATED IN 1890 PRODUCING A FEW TONS OF LOW GRADE ORE. MINE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNDER VARIOUS NAMES UP TO PRESENT TIME. A SMALL PRODUCTION RECORDED IN 1930'S AND LATE 1940'S. FROM 1898-1900 A TOTAL OF 241.87 OZ. OF GOLD WAS PRODUCED FROM 28 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 70-FT. SHAFT ON W. VEIN, 70-FT. SHAFT WITH A 500-FT. DRIFT ON CENTER (MAIN) VEIN; AND A 74-FT. SHAFT ON THE EAST VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 150-151, 295

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1954, MIN. INDUSTRY OF CALIF. (PREPRINT), P. 64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890 OR 1894
Deposit FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS, THE ALADDIN, ALADDIN NOS. 1 AND 2, PERMIT, AND PERMIT EXT. IN 1935 THE ORE AVERAGED $14 TO $20 PER TON. THE MAIN VEIN IS ON THE SAME SYSTEM THAT EXTENDS FROM THE MILBURN MINE NORTH TO THE NUTMEG. MINE FULLY EQUIPPED IN 1954 BUT NO ONE WAS ON THE PROPERTY AND THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE. A SMALL PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER REPORTED IN 1954. U.S. BUR. MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1954, MIN. INDUSTRY OF CALIF. (PREPRINT) , P. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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