The Mebold I is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,799 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
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.57278, -119.98583
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Mebold I MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mebold I
Secondary: King Saxon
Secondary: Queen Saxon
Secondary: Kid Saxon
Secondary: Frenchman
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Thomas V. Bell Jr., Et Al
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Type: L
Description: Slaty Cleavage Strikes Roughly Parallel With The Vein, Dips Steeply Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYS $3.69 - $22.40 AU/TON
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2
Comment (Workings): TWO DRIFT ADITS, 450 & 300 FT. LONG. SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT CROSSCUT ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE STRUNG OUT FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE IN A LINE ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO SAXON CREEK.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CALAVERAS GP. BLACK SLATE
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. 283 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION IN TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 93 .
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