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Monster

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034730
MRDS ID M021611
Record type Site
Current site name Monster
Related records 10163599

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.15821, 37.63242 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 7 MI SSE COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(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 003S 016E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST, ALT EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.15821, 37.63242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 32 W
    Dip 60 NE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOT WALL

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 Unknown
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT INCLINE, 200 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6 - 30 FT THICK
Deposit UNPATENTED

Reporter information

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

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