The Pine Tree Josephine Mine is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 1,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,900 Feet (579 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.5958, -120.12250
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Pine Tree Josephine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Tree Josephine Mine
Secondary: Queen Specimen
Secondary: Josephine
Secondary: Chicken Gulch
Secondary: Succedo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1933 To 1944
Description: Recorded Production - 1933 To 1944 Ounces Of Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1848
Discovery Year: 1848
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY IS LISTED AS ON STANDBY BY RANDOL, 1996/97:
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROPOSED OPERATION WOULD INVOLVE FLOTATION/ROASTING OF CONCS. ON SITE AND CIL EXTRACTION OF GOLD. PERMITTING BEING HELD UP (AS OF MID-1989) MAINLY DUE TO PROP- OSED USE OF ROASTING ON-SITE. PROPOSED OPERATION COVERS THREE DEPOSITS: PINE TREE-JOSEPHINE, QUEEN SPECIMEN, AND CHICKEN GULCH ZONE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINING OF PINE TREE JOSEPHINE ORE. FOR MEASURED PINE TREE RESERVES SEQ "Q" DATA SET MATRIX 2, COLUMN 1. PINE TREE/JOSEPHINE MEASURED RESERVES. MINING OF QUEEN SPECIMEN ORE. FOR INDICATED QUEEN SPECIMEN ORE SEE "Q" DATA SEE, MATRIX 3, COLUMN 1. QUEEN SPECIMEN INDICATED RESERVES. MINING OF BALANCE OF QUEEN SPECIMEN ORE AND 2/3 OF CHICKEN GULCH ORE MINING OF BALANCE OD CHICKEN GULCH RESERVES. FOR CHICKEN GULCH DRILL INDICATED RESERVES, SEE MATRIX 4 COLUMN 1. CHICKEN GULCH INDICATED RESERVES.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P164.
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