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Annabelle

Past Producer in Mariposa 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. 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 10102871
MRDS ID M009511
Record type Site
Current site name Annabelle
Related records 10260893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.13182, 37.66075 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 AIRLINE MI. SE OF COULTERVILLE

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 017E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE-MILLING AU OFTEN IN POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.13182, 37.66075
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip 40 E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEXT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS IS A NARROW ZONE OF FRACTURED META-ANDESITE AND TALC SCHIST COMMONLY CUT BY QUARTZ STRINGERS. THE FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND IN SOME PLACES THE ADJACENT GREENSTONE WALLROCK IS MINERALIZED AND CARRIES PYRITE AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE. SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE TO E; QTZ.-DIORITE DIKE INTRUDES ALONG SERPENTINE GREENSTONE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. And Mrs. Sherman S. Pickard, Bryan A. Miller

Comments on the production information

  • SOME GOOD SPECIMEN MATERIAL HAS RECENTLY BEEN OBTAINED FROM THIS MINE AND THERE HAS BEEN A SMALL BUT FAIRLY STEADY PRODUCTION SINCE 1952. WORK IS DONE ENTIRELY BY HAND AND THERE IS NO MILL ON THE PROPERTY. SMALL PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1954.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT INCLINED 40 E WITH A 16 FT. DRIFT. 2ND TUNNEL 30 FT. NE OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 74 - 75 , 234 .

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR. MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1954, MIN. IND. CALIF., (PREPRINT), P. 64.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. NEXT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS IS A NARROW ZONE OF FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND TALC SCHIST COMMONLY CUT BY QUARTZ STRINGERS. THE FRACTURED GREENSTONE AND IN SOME PLACES THE ADJACENT GREENSTONE WALLROCK IS MINERALIZED AND CARRIES PYRITE AND AURIFEROUS PYRITE.
Deposit VEINS & STRINGERS

Reporter information

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

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