The Roma 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: 37.58083, -119.95278
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Roma MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roma
Secondary: Piedra De Goza
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank And Nellie Harris
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Greenstone Rendered Slaty To Schistose By Intense Shearing
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVG 2 - 2.5 FT THICK
Comment (Workings): ADIT.
Comment (Geology): MAIN VEIN IS A CONTINUATION OF SYSTEM WHICH CROSSES ADJACENT KING SOLOMON MINE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S-1860'S
Comment (Location): UTM EST, SE 1/4 (?)
Comment (Production): NOTHING RECORDED OF EARLY PRODUCTION, BUT SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCTION IS PROBABLE. MINE WAS OPERATED FROM TIME TO TIME UNTIL 1901.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 25 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 164 - 165 , 301
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 13
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