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Nidever Group

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103000
MRDS ID M020808
Record type Site
Current site name Nidever Group
Alternate or previous names Crown Point, Fortuna
Related records 10212510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.1629, 37.69965 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF SHADOW CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ritter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 025E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.1629, 37.69965
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Minarets

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT OF ORE WAS MADE IN 1940 - SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 18.35 % PB AND 10.5 OZ. AG/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS MOSTLY, WITH SOME TRENCHES, A SHALLOW SHAFT WITH DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 543 - 544

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, L.A., 1950 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MADERA COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 46 , NO. 4 , P. 459

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL ZONES, ONE 75 FT. THICK THE OTHER 150 FT. THICK WITH A WIDTH OF 600 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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