Mary Harrison Group

The Mary Harrison Group is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Mary Harrison Group  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.69528, -120.19694

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Mary Harrison Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mary Harrison Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Coulterville


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Lautenschlager, Walter J.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1852
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation By H2so4


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): BLACK SLATE IS ONE OF HOST ROCK. ; GEOL.DESC: GREENSTONE DERIVED FROM PYROXENE ANDESITE OF PALEOZOIC CALAVERAS FM. FROM HANGING WALL. FOOTWALL SLATE IS PROBABLY PART OF THE UPPER JURASSIC MARIPOSA FM. MARY HARRISON VEIN IS TRACEABLE FROM THE COUNTY LINE ON THE NORTH TO THE VIRGINIA MINE ON THE SOUTH. IT IS CHARACTERISED BY A PROMINANT, MASSIVE SHEET OF MILKY QUARTZ 4 - 20 FT. THICK BETWEEN IRREGULAR, RIBBONED MASSES OF QTZ.-MARIPOSITE-PYRITE ROCK, THE UPPER PARTS OF WHICH ARE COMMONLY CONVERTED TO POROUS, EARTHY MASSES OF YELLOWISH BROWN IRON AND SILICA OXIDES.

Comment (Production): BETWEEN $330,000 AND $400,000 PRODUCED BETWEEN 1895 & 1903 AT $5 AU/TON IN 1897 .

Comment (Deposit): VEIN IN THRUST FAULT FISSURE

Comment (Workings): 1200 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS, A SECOND INCLINED SHAFT ALSO WITH LEVELS AT 100 FT. INTERVALS, AN AIRSHAFT. MORE THAN 5000 FT. DRIFTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY IN SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 124 - 125 .

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1935 , THE MOTHER LODE BELT OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 108 , P. 185 .

Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 100 .

Reference (Deposit): 5) AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 12 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 130 - 132 .


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