Mazeppa

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077904
MRDS ID W025979
Record type Site
Current site name Mazeppa
Related records 10166119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.411, 37.89881 (WGS84)
Elevation 290
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE S.E. OF STENT ON QUARTZ MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 014E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.411, 37.89881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 16 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL GREENSTONE, HANGING WALL SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT ON VEIN, 800 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 509

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 156

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J.; Tatkin, T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.