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Toad

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031195
MRDS ID M009821
Record type Site
Current site name Toad
Related records 10261269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.03265, 37.28576 (WGS84)
Relative position NR. NE1/4. LOCATION SHOWN ON U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. INDIAN GULCH, CALIF., 1954. THE 1962 REVISION OF INDIAN GULCH QUAD. SHOWS THIS MINE APPARENTLY IN NE COR. SEC. 31 AND NW COR. SEC. 32.

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 31,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.03265, 37.28576
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1904 . NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT WAS DOWN 200 FT. IN MARCH 1904 .

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. 231

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL MASSES OF HIGH - GRADE SULFIDE ORE.

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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