The Georgia Point is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.63694, -119.85028
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Georgia Point MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Georgia Point
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John A. Woods, 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKED PRINCIPALLY IN THE LATE 1870'S BY THE SOUTH HITE MNG. CO. IDLE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS BELIEVED TO BE SUPERFICIAL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO HITE MINE SLATE FOOTWALL, GRANITE HANGING WALL.
Comment (Deposit): PLACER AU PROBABLY IN 27. PATENTED PROPERTY CONSISTING OF THE SPRING TUNNEL, GEORGIA POINT, AND SOUTH SIDE CLAIMS AND THE SOUTH SIDE MILL SITE. REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 128, INDICATES LOCATION IN SECS. 26, 27, 34, 45 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 263 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 128 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN & GRAY, 1957
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