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Mount Buckingham Group

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031253
MRDS ID M009913
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Buckingham Group
Alternate or previous names Vanderbilt, Sunset Iii, Crown Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.8507, 37.51826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1 MI W DARRAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckingham Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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 005S 019E 01,02,11,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chiastolite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70 - 85 SW
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Some Gold Deposited In Granitic Dike Accompanying Vein.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850
Production years 1850 , - 1869 , - 1871 , - 1883 , - 1885 , - 1889 , - 1893 , - 1916 , 1930 - 31

Mining district

District name Mariposa

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Helen M. Ketler, Et Al.

Production statistics

  • Year 1931
    Period 1930 - 1931
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au/Ton 0.2 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 6g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IN 1880'S YIELDED $12 - $15/TON WITH PYRITE CONCENTRATES TO $900/TON. LATER WORK YIELDED ONLY $3 - $4/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 237.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT TUNNEL, 250 FT RAISE, WINZE, 2 STOPES, SEVERAL OPEN PITS & MINOR WORKINGS

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. 133 - 134 , 288

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W.O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P 127 , 128

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 102 - 103

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 5 , MORE OR LESS PARALLEL 2 - 25 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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