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Klondike and Last Chance

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031194
MRDS ID M009819
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike and Last Chance
Related records 10285737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.01459, 37.32799 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 SEC. 16 AND NE 1/4 SEC. 17

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illinois Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(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 007S 018E 16,17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.01459, 37.32799
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1912 - 1913

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe A. Marino And John V. Johnson ?

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION OF RELATIVELY LOW-GRADE ORE IN 1912 - 1913 . ORE CONTAINS SOME GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 1 & 2 , P. 228 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 268 .

  • Production

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 (SEE REF.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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