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Whitlock Group Consolidated Whitlock and Alabama

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031155
MRDS ID M009754
Record type Site
Current site name Whitlock Group Consolidated Whitlock and Alabama
Related records 10163417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.00376, 37.53743 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MI. BY GRADED DIRT ROAD FROM MT. BULLION ON HIGHWAY 49.

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)

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 04S 18E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.00376, 37.53743
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dr. F. E. Gallison And E. J. Freethy

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED THROUGH 1870'S; MOST OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINED MINING 1895--1900 AND ABOUT $482,000 WAS RECOVERED DURING THIS PERIOD. A SMALL PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED 1940-42 WHEN 942 TONS OF ORE YIELDED ONLY 133 OZ. GOLD AND 33 OZ. SILVER. LITTLE OR NO WORK DONE SINCE 1942. TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $500,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE A 900-FT. STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFT W/4 LEVELS, 600-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT, DRIFTS, OTHER CROSSCUT ADITS OF UNKNOWN LENGTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 183-185, 316

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS, THE WESTWARD, ALABAMA AND WHITLOCK, AGGREGATING 47.68 ACRES. ORE MINERALS ARE CHIEFLY PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE WITH NATIVE GOLD, BUT LOCALLY ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA IS PROMINENT.

Reporter information

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

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