Mohican Group

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034586
MRDS ID M021422
Record type Site
Current site name Mohican Group
Related records 10238444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.1571, 37.89409 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES S. E. OF TUOLUMNE, IN THE TUOLUMNE RIVER CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuolumne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 016E 32,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.1571, 37.89409

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 25 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEIN TWO FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 39.661HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX ADITS ON VEIN FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST IN ELEVATION, 540 , 1162 , 312 , 1125 , 236 , 100 FT.; WINZE ON VEIN IN LOWER ADIT, 525 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 156

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FORMS IN LENS - SHAPED BODIES.
Deposit COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS: LILIAN NO. 1 , LILIAN NO. 2 , OAKLAND, NORTH STAR, GOLDEN EAGLE. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF VEIN TWO FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 10-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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