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Arbona

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077923
MRDS ID W026003
Record type Site
Current site name Arbona
Related records 10263280

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46156, 37.98963 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position AT TUTTLETOWN, ON N. RIDGE OF MORMON CREEK

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 Stanislaus(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 002N 014E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD QUARTZ CONTAINS MINOR PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46156, 37.98963
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Thickness 3.05M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 10.118HA

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT ON VEIN 600 FT.; DRIFTS ON 100 , 200 , 350 , AND 500 FT. LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 137

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN VARIES FROM 5 TO 10 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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