Pine Tree and Josephine

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Cobalt, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067582
MRDS ID W000367
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Tree and Josephine
Related records 10140191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.12349, 37.59603 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Galena Ore
Niccolite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.12349, 37.59603

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ GOLD VEINS ALONG MOTHER LODE. EN ECHELON ARRANGEMENT OF VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Bullion

Comments on the production information

  • MUCH PAST GOLD PRODUCTION; 0-100,000 LBS. COPPER PRODUCTION; ALSO SILVER, LEAD.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNKNOWN RESERVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948, CALIF. DIV. MINES, BULL. 144, P. 269

  • Deposit

    JULIHN, C. E. AND HORTON, F. W., 1940, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 424

  • Production

    REFER. (1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO 1.35% NI IN CONCENTRATES; NO ASSAYS FOR CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. 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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