The Cotton Creek is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,749 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: 1,749 Feet (533 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.57556, -120.16528
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Cotton Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cotton Creek
Secondary: Hauser
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cotton Creek Mining Co.
Home Office: W. H. Hauser, Mgr.
Years: 1939 -
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: - 1939
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 330 Lbs/Ton Pb
Year: 1939
Time Period: - 1939
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 340 Lbs/Ton Cu
Year: 1939
Time Period: - 1939
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ .15 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1939
Time Period: - 1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.32 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EQUIPMENT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION IN 1954 , BUT SHAFT WAS CAVED.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 175 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS NORTH AND SOUTH FROM THE SHAFT ON THE 100 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN AVE 2.5 FT. THICK
Comment (Production): YIELD OF GOLD PER TON WAS $11 - 15 . IDLE EXCEPT FOR ASSESSMENT.
Comment (Commodity): AURIFEROUS PYRITE
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 ON COTTON CR. UTM ACC.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , 3 & 4 , P. 91 , 253 , 548 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 266 , 267 .
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 144, PT. 3, 1948, PP. 266, 267
Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957
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