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Caldwell Mine

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188131
MRDS ID M009256
MAS/MILS ID 0060430001
Record type Site
Current site name Caldwell Mine
Alternate or previous names Daly
Related records 10030814

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.28629, 37.68022 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penon Blanco Peak(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 003 S 015 E 14 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.28629, 37.68022
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N12E
    Dip 65E
    Field Value
    Strike And Dip N12E:65E
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHERT ENCLOSED IN METATUFF AND METAVOLCANICS
  • THE MANGANESE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHERT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert D Dunn
    Year 1974
  • Type Operator
    Owner Walter Hixson
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR OF MINES GEOLOGY V 53 NOS 1,2; JAN-APRIL 1957

  • Deposit

    PP 191 324 PL 41 DOM BULL 152 1950 PP 106-108

  • Deposit

    ALSO SEC 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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