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Providence

Past Producer in Madera 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035113
MRDS ID M022270
Record type Site
Current site name Providence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.69236, 37.28604 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 2.5 MI SSW DEADWOOD PEAK IN DEADWOOD GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahwahnee(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)

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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 021E 29,32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2 SE 1/4 29 , N 1/2 NE 1/4 32 , LOCATION TAKEN FROM TOPO MAP UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.69236, 37.28604
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 28 NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Potter Ridge

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 800 FT ADIT, 200 FT INCLINE, DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT SHAFT-120 FT , OTHER TUNNELS 160 AND 80 FT LONG DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, W., JR., 1888 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8 , P. 206 - 207 .

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 162 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, ARE 20 FT THICK, OTHERS AVG 2 FT THICK, 4 - 5 FT APART MANY VARY FROM 2 - 3 FT IN THICKNESS. QUARTZ IS HONEYCOMBED. ORE SHOOT ABOUT 3000 FT LONG.
Deposit LOCATED IN 1883 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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