Barrett

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  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 10102855
MRDS ID M009352
Record type Site
Current site name Barrett
Alternate or previous names Baretta, Barette, Beaudry
Related records 10236688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24099, 37.6377 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 29,30,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU .04 OZ/TON, CU 13.32%, ZN 2.0%, FE 28.51%, INSOLUBLE 22.7%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.24099, 37.6377

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS CHIEFLY META - AUGITE ANDESITE GREENSTONE ALTHOUGH CHERT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN WORKINGS, NONE FOUND. GREENSTONE PART OF PENON BLANCO MEMBER OF UPPER JURASSIC AMADOR GROUP. RHYTHMICALLY BANDED CHERT AND ASSOCIATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF HUNTER VALLEY CHERT MEMBER OF AMADOR GROUP EXPOSED ALONG ROAD SOUTH OF MINE, STRIKES N 40 W, 63 NE, ASSUMED GREENSTONE TRENDS IN SAME DIRECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Production years 1931 - 1932

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Angelo Beaudry And Inez Bouvier

Production statistics

  • Year 1932
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^70.7 Oz Au, 16 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 452g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1996g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED POCKET GOLD ORE AND GOLD ORE OF MILLING GRADE AS WELL AS HIGH - GRADE, OXIDIZED AND SULFIDE COPPER ORES. $90,000 IN GOLD REALIZED FROM MINE UP TO 1907 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP, IN 1920 AND ADIT DRIVEN NE TO INTERSECT NW TRENDING ORE ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 1 & 2 , P. 62 - 63 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1920 , MARIPOSA COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 102 .

  • Production

    BOWEN, O. E. & CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDED VEIN MATTER COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING BANDS OF CALCITE OR CALCITE AND BARITE AND QUARTZ.
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS, THE WILDCAT, MOUNTAINEER AND NEW YEAR AND A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF LAND KNOWN AS BERETTAS ENCLOSURE WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE OLD BARRETT AND BEAUDRY CLAIMS. HAS PRODUCED POCKET GOLD ORE AND GOLD ORE OF MILLING GRADE AS WELL AS HIGH-GRADE, OXIDIZED AND SULFIDE COPPER ORES. SOME MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE SHOWING SOME MALACHITE ON THE DUMPS OF THE WILDCAT CLAIM IN 1954.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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