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Josephine Mine

Prospect in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Arsenic, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114821
MRDS ID M022239
MAS/MILS ID 0060390297
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Mine
Alternate or previous names Josephine
Related records 10035092

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.76157, 37.32133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsecamp Mountain(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 Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 020 E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE REPORTED IN SECS. 14 AND 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.76157, 37.32133
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 8, 1888, P. 213-214.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 10, 1890, P. 202-204.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 13, 1896, P. 209.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 14, 1916, P. 546.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.