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Big Grizzly Group

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094236
MRDS ID D000905
Record type Site
Current site name Big Grizzly Group
Related records 10163541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.88431, 37.6666 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 1 MILES NW OF CLEARING HOUSE ON THE MERCED RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinsley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 019E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST, SEC. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -119.88431, 37.6666
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 30 - 70 NE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hite Cove

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MARIPOSA COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53, NO. 1 & 2,DIV. OF MINES, P. 330.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1941, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4, DIV. OF MINES, P. 580 - 581.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX GOLD BEARING QTZ. VEINS, 1 - 3 FT. WIDE ALL PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER.
Deposit PRODUCTION IF ANY IS NOT REPORTED - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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