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Hite Central

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031231
MRDS ID M009876
Record type Site
Current site name Hite Central

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0232, 37.57187 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ADJOINED HITE MINE ON SE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 27;24,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ALT EST. PLUS OR MINUS 500 FT. TOWNSHIP-RANGE-SECTION NUMBERS QUOTED ARE SUSPECT. PROBABLY LOCATED IN 4 S, 18 E SEC. 19 , 30 , 4 S, 17 E SEC. 24 OR 4 S 19 E SEC. 19 , 30 , 4 S 18 E SEC. 24 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0232, 37.57187
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding, Schistosity And Cleavage Generally Strike N 50 W, Dip Steeply Ne.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 55 - 60 NE
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Filled Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AUBURY ( 1904 ) DESCRIBES GRANITE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nick Flacy, Willard Woodbury And Maddox Brothers Et Al.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT, SEVERAL ADIT DRIFTS ON THE VEIN SYSTEM & SEVERAL PARTLY CAVED STOPES.

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. 276 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 11 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN-SERIES OF STRINGERS
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF LAST HOPE 1 & 2 LODE CLAIM, HOME PLACER CLAIM & LAST HOPE MILL SITE, ALL UNPATENTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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