The Gold Hill is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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
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Gold Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. E. Rea Jr.
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
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1900, 1905-07, 1912-15, PRODUCING 232.10 TONS OF ORE YIELDING $3519.60 OR AN AVERAGE OF $15.30 AT THE OLD PRICE OF GOLD
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QTZ. VEIN FOLLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN SLATE AND MASSIVE PYROXENE ANDESITE GREENSTONE OF UNKNOWN AGE.
Comment (Deposit): FORMER LAS MARIPOSAS GRANT MINE.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SEC LINES PROJECTED
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. 265 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1934 , MOTHER LODE GOLD BELT OF CALIF.: CDM BULL. 108 , RECORD SHEET FACING P. 188 .
Reference (Production): BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957
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