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Stayton Mining Co Claims

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035125
MRDS ID M022288
Record type Site
Current site name Stayton Mining Co Claims
Related records 10284904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.79903, 37.2516 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 2.5 MI SE SUMMIT HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsecamp Mountain(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 008S 020E 08,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 NE 1/4 8 , SW 1/4 NW 1/4 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -119.79903, 37.2516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 30 - 45 S
    Thickness 0.3M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 90 FT INCLINE W/2 LEVELS AT 40 AND 50 FT 2 - STAMP MILL AND CONCENTRATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 325 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1922 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION, IN 18TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 306 - 307 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 6 IN - 1 FT THICK
Deposit 4 CLAIMS, OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1915 - 1922 ; 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

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