The Stockton Creek and Stockton Creek Tunnel is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Stockton Creek and Stockton Creek Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stockton Creek and Stockton Creek Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): IN 1928, A 135-FT. INCLINED SHAFT; TWO LEVELS, UPPER HAVING 250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND LOWER 300 FT.; STOPE 3 FT. WIDE, 100-FT. LONG AND 70 FT. HIGH.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN MOST EXTENSIVELY WORKED IS BELIEVED TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE MARIPOSA VEIN.
Comment (Production): PRINCIPAL RECORDED PRODUCTION WAS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1915, DURING WHICH TIME 632.98 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED WHICH YIELDED $11,996.94 OR AN AVERAGE OF $18.95 PER TON. MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UP TO 1938.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 308
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