Good View

The Good View is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 9,019 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: Good View

State:  California

County:  Mariposa

Elevation: 9,019 Feet (2,749 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.25417, -120.01472

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Good View MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Good View
Secondary: Rothschild
Secondary: S. A.
Secondary: Sunset
Secondary: Crown Point
Secondary: Little Giant
Secondary: San Jose
Secondary: Stonewall Jackson
Secondary: Copper King and M. S.


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: Mariposa


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1907
Time Period: 1907
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.08 Oz Au, 8 Oz Ag


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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM EST. GOODVIEW NAME IS SHOWN ON QUAD SHEET IN NE 1/4 SEC 8 AND IS UTM POINT.

Comment (Production): 1913 , 7 CARLOADS OF ORE SHIPPED, AVG. $1,000 PER CAR, $2.50/TON AU ( PRICE IN 1913 )

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE, WATERED; DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF SHAFTS, ADITS, WINZES AND CROSSCUTS, SOME SURFACE WORK. PROPERTY INCLUDES; ROTHSCHILD, SUNSET, S. A., CROWN POINT, LITTLE GIANT, SAN JOSE, STONEWALL JACKSON AND COPPER KING CLAIMS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINE AREA CHIEFLY IN BLACK SLATE, MICA - ANDALUSITE SCHIST AND BLUE - BLACK QUARTZ - BIOTITE HORNFELS. SOME THIN LENTICULAR BEDS OF METAVOLCANIC MATERIAL INTERBEDDED WITH METASEDIMENTS IN MINOR AMOUNTS. SOME METASANDSTONE INCLUDED IN SLATE. REGIONAL TRENDS OF FOLDS AND FRACTURES IS NW.


References

Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV. - MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 267 .

Reference (Production): BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957 , P. 64 (SEE REF.)

Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CDM BULL. 144 , PT. 3 , P. 267 .


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