Mebold I

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

Name: Mebold I  

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

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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