The Number Nine is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,152 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: 1,152 Feet (351 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.51556, -120.19750
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Number Nine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Number Nine
Secondary: Bill Jones and Mccall
Secondary: Yosemite Ginaca
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Hornitos
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. R. Plunkett And U.M. Peyrellade
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS TOTALING 41 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S
Comment (Production): MODERATE PRODUCTION OF LOW-GRADE ORE BETWEEN 1930-1936.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 12 , 3 - 15 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): 6 SHAFTS, 30 - 387 FT DEEP, 350 FT DRIFT ADIT, VARIOUS LEVELS & WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ CHIEFLY OF MASSIVE TO VUGGY MILKY VARIETY.
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 130 - 131
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 104 - 105
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. 143 - 145 , 291
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