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Egenhoff Devils Gulch

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031291
MRDS ID M009962
Record type Site
Current site name Egenhoff Devils Gulch
Related records 10188188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77848, 37.58493 (WGS84)
Relative position MAY BE PROSPECT SHOWN IN SE1/2 17 ON USGS QUAD. BUCKINGHAM MTN. CALIF.

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)

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 004S 020E 17,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77848, 37.58493
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner California Barite Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCTION RECORDED WAS IN 1937 WHEN 800 TONS WAS MARKETED. IN 1942 OWNERS REPORTED THAT 2000 TONS REMAINED ON THE DUMPS AND THAT 25,000 TONS HAD BEEN BLOCKED OUT IN THE MINE. SOME PRODUCTION IN 1961; ENTIRE PROD. LESS THAN 10,000 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT ADIT AT LEAST 100 FT. LONG, WHICH DEVELOPS EXTENSIVE BACKS; NUMEROUS SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 204-5, 335

  • Deposit

    DOM MIN. INF. SVCE V. 16, NO. 10, P. 4 (LISTS LOCATION IN SECS. 17, 20 INSTEAD OF 17, 21)

  • Deposit

    MIS V. 15, NO. 3, 1962, P. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED PROPERTY OF 44 ACRES WHICH INCLUDES THE BARIUM 2, 3 AND NO. BARIUM FRACTIONAL CLAIMS; ALSO 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ARE HELD, THE BARIUM 3, SO FRACTIONAL AND CAMP LODE CLAIMS. THE BARITE ROCK IS WHITE, GRANULAR AND CONTAINS SOME SILICA. PART OF THE 1937 PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED TO BE WITHERITE, BUT NONE WAS OBSERVED IN OCTOBER 1955.

Reporter information

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

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