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Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell

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 10031225
MRDS ID M009869
Record type Site
Current site name Hite Hite & Wynant, Hites Cove, Arkell
Related records 10261423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.85237, 37.64993 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 AIRMINE SO. OF INCLINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 03S 19E 22,26,27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.85237, 37.64993
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1862

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cyrus Bell

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL AND PRODUCTIVE MINES IN THE COUNTY. WORKED BY VARIOUS OPERATORS FROM 1862 TO 1938 AND PLANS WERE BEING MADE TO REOPEN THE MINE IN 1956. TOTAL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AT VARIOUS FIGURES BETWEEN $2,750,000 AND $3,000,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO LONG ADITS, 720 AND 1400 FT. RESPECTIVELY; LEVELS, WINZE, SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 108-112, 269

  • Deposit

    MIS V15, NO.3, 1962, P. 1

  • Deposit

    USGS MR-34

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX PATENTED CLAIMS, THE PRIEST AND COLEMAN, HITE, GILTNER, MCCONLEY, OLD DOMINION AND SUMMIT, AND SEVERAL MILL SITES.THE LOWEST GRADE OF ORE MINED WAS 1904-1909 WHEN 4625 TONS OF ORE YIELDED 788.85 OZ. OF GOLD AND 849 OZ. SILVER; IN 1912 A SMALL TONNAGE YIELDED NEARLY 3 1/2 OZ. OF GOLD PER TON.

Reporter information

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

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