The Devils Gulch is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,825 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: 2,825 Feet (861 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.60944, -119.82111
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Devils Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Devils Gulch
Secondary: Clark
Secondary: Platinum Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: South Fork Merced River Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. O. Donald And Marcus Shimski
Years: 1919 -
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY $90/TON PT, $44/TON AU. REPORTED GRADE OF 2.13 OZ/TON (73 PPM) AU AND 0.81 OZ/TON (28 PPM) PT.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 40 FT SHAFT IN 1920.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ LEDGE 3-4 FT WIDE; MINERALIZED VEIN ON BOTH SIDES OF QUARTZ LEDGE FOR A FEW IN. ; GEOL.DESC: QTZ. LEDGE 3-4 FT. THICK, MINERALIZED ON BOTH SIDES OF VEIN A FEW INCHES.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED, SECTION LINES PROJECTED. IN SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP NEAR MOUTH OF DEVIL GULCH
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT. REPORTED ASSOCIATION CONSIDERED IMPROBABLE BY BOWEN (1957), WHO THOUGHT THE MINERALS HAD BEEN MISIDENTIFIED
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE PRODUCED IN 1919 RAN $44/TON.
Comment (Development): PT REPORTED DISCOVERED IN 1919
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 3-4 FT THICK. PT REPORTED IN 2 ZONES A FEW INCHES WIDE ON BOTH SIDES OF BARREN QUARTZ VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C.MCK., 1928, MARIPOSA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, 24TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 24, NO. 2, P. 123.
Reference (Deposit): CASTELLO, W.O., 1921, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIPOSA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 17TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 142-143.
Reference (Production): LAIZURE, 1928.
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O.E., JR., AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1957, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1, 2, P. 192.
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