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White Quartz

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102866
MRDS ID M009438
Record type Site
Current site name White Quartz
Related records 10114946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.20155, 37.49521 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 2 MI E HORNITOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Gulch(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 005S 016E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.20155, 37.49521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PORPHYRY HANGING WALL, SCHIST FOOTWALL ( AUBURY 1904 ) BOWEN & GRAY ( 1957 ) DESCRIBE QUARTZ-MICA SCHIST & MASSIVE QUARTZ-MICA ROCKS AS WALLROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Agnes Mciver
    Home office C/O E.F. Ducommun

Comments on the production information

  • 75 TONS ORE ON DUMP ( 1954 )

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE UNKNOWN DEPTH, PITS, TUNNELS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 316

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, SERIES, PARALLEL, AVG 2 FT THICK
Deposit PATENTED 11.17 AC. PROBABLY PART OF NO. 9 HOLDINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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