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Georgia Point

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031230
MRDS ID M009875
Record type Site
Current site name Georgia Point
Related records 10163935

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.85126, 37.63687 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 5 1/2 MI. SW OF EL PORTAL

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 003S 019E 26,27,35 California

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.85126, 37.63687
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO HITE MINE SLATE FOOTWALL, GRANITE HANGING WALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1870S

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John A. Woods, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED PRINCIPALLY IN THE LATE 1870'S BY THE SOUTH HITE MNG. CO. IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS BELIEVED TO BE SUPERFICIAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 263 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 128 .

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PLACER AU PROBABLY IN 27. PATENTED PROPERTY CONSISTING OF THE SPRING TUNNEL, GEORGIA POINT, AND SOUTH SIDE CLAIMS AND THE SOUTH SIDE MILL SITE. REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 128, INDICATES LOCATION IN SECS. 26, 27, 34, 45 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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