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Heiser

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Workings at the site
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102923
MRDS ID M009923
Record type Site
Current site name Heiser
Related records 10286316

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.94126, 37.47549 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF MARIPOSA; ADJOINS COPPER QUEEN I MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(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 019E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE REPORTED TO RUN 19 - 37 % CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1908 ; HAD ONE SHAFT

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. 227 .

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 267 .

Reporter information

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

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