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Mormon Bar

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. Production statistics
  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 10031180
MRDS ID M009796
Record type Site
Current site name Mormon Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.94348, 37.46521 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position NEAR MORMON BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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 005S 018E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.94348, 37.46521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip SLIGHT N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN ACCOMPANIED BY DARK GRANITIC DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1933 - 1934

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. C. And L. J. Kane
    First year 1932
    Last year 1934

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.28 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 97.54M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT INCLINE, 200 FT DRIFTS, 2 STOPES, 1 RAISE

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. 287

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, INCHES TO 4 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

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