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Oso

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109235
MRDS ID M009574
Record type Site
Current site name Oso
Related records 10211826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.11238, 37.57215 (WGS84)
Relative position IN OSO GULCH 1/2 MI. W. AND SLIGHTLY S. OF BEAR VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(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 04S 17E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.11238, 37.57215
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN 1868, ABOUT $400,000 WAS TAKEN FROM THE SHAFT. LAST ACTIVE IN 1906, PRODUCING 7.85 TONS OF ORE YIELDING $164.02 OR AN AVERAGE OF $20.91 PER TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 50 FT. DEEP AND 7 FT. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 294

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMER LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINE - PRESENT OWNERSHIP NOT DETERMINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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