Vignola

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034114
MRDS ID M020817
Record type Site
Current site name Vignola
Alternate or previous names Joe Wagner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.9632, 37.17826 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES EAST FROM BUCHANAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009S;008S 018E;018E 02;35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LITTLE EVIDENCE OF COPPER ORE, EXCEPT ON DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.9632, 37.17826

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT FULL OF WATER, 100 FT. EAST IS A SHAFT 25 FT. DEEP. OLD SHAFT 80 FT. DEEP, ONE DRIFT AT BOTTOM AND 30 FT. FROM SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 272

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.