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Shadow Creek

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212510
MRDS ID M020808
MAS/MILS ID 0060390239
Record type Site
Current site name Shadow Creek
Alternate or previous names Fortuna Claims, Crown Point Claims, Tal Vez Claims, Nidever Group
Related records 10103000

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.18656, 37.65933 (WGS84)
Elevation 3072
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Sierra 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 003 S 025 E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON THE N. SIDE OF SHADOW CREEK, BETWEEN THE AND THE SUMMITE OF SHADOW-GARNET DIVIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.18656, 37.65933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 46, 1950, P. 477.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 35, 1953, P. 74.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1993 Thurber 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

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