The Mocking Bird is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.55167, -119.96361
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Mocking Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mocking Bird
Secondary: Talc
Secondary: Lacy
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Colorado
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: David W. And Maxie S. Dukes
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Talc Chlorite Clay Altered Greenstone Dike
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD OCCURS AT THE BORDER OF A NEARLY VERTICAL, CHLORITIC, ALTERED GREENSTONE DIKE WHERE GENTLY DIPPING QUARTZ STRINGERS CUTTING THE DIKE CUT THE SLATE WALL-ROCKS. ALTERED DIKE AVERAGES 3 FT. THICK, QUARTZ STRINGERS ARE A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES THICK.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 20 ACRE CLAIM. PRODUCED SPECIMENS OF WIRY & ARBORESCENT GOLD.
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): 1 SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND A TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG.
References
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. 132 - 133 , 286 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 101 .
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. 126 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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