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Good View

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076893
MRDS ID W024187
Record type Site
Current site name Good View
Alternate or previous names Rothschild, S. A., Sunset, Crown Point, Little Giant, San Jose, Stonewall Jackson, Copper King and M. S.
Related records 10285962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.0157, 37.2541 (WGS84)
Elevation 2749
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF GREEN MTN. SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illinois Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S;017S 018E;017E 09,05,08;32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. GOODVIEW NAME IS SHOWN ON QUAD SHEET IN NE 1/4 SEC 8 AND IS UTM POINT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.0157, 37.2541
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE AREA CHIEFLY IN BLACK SLATE, MICA - ANDALUSITE SCHIST AND BLUE - BLACK QUARTZ - BIOTITE HORNFELS. SOME THIN LENTICULAR BEDS OF METAVOLCANIC MATERIAL INTERBEDDED WITH METASEDIMENTS IN MINOR AMOUNTS. SOME METASANDSTONE INCLUDED IN SLATE. REGIONAL TRENDS OF FOLDS AND FRACTURES IS NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1902 , 1907

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Period 1907
    Material AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.08 Oz Au, 8 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 226g/mt
    Major Gold Gold 59g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1913 , 7 CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED, AVG. $1,000 PER CAR, $2.50/TON AU ( PRICE IN 1913 )

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE, WATERED; DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF SHAFTS, ADITS, WINZES AND CROSSCUTS, SOME SURFACE WORK. PROPERTY INCLUDES; ROTHSCHILD, SUNSET, S. A., CROWN POINT, LITTLE GIANT, SAN JOSE, STONEWALL JACKSON AND COPPER KING CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 267 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 267 .

  • Production

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , P. 64 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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