The Hite Central is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.57194, -120.02222
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Hite Central MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hite Central
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nick Flacy, Willard Woodbury And Maddox Brothers 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
Type: L
Description: Bedding, Schistosity And Cleavage Generally Strike N 50 W, Dip Steeply Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. ALT EST. PLUS OR MINUS 500 FT. TOWNSHIP-RANGE-SECTION NUMBERS QUOTED ARE SUSPECT. PROBABLY LOCATED IN 4 S, 18 E SEC. 19 , 30 , 4 S, 17 E SEC. 24 OR 4 S 19 E SEC. 19 , 30 , 4 S 18 E SEC. 24 .
Comment (Deposit): VEIN-SERIES OF STRINGERS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT, SEVERAL ADIT DRIFTS ON THE VEIN SYSTEM & SEVERAL PARTLY CAVED STOPES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AUBURY ( 1904 ) DESCRIBES GRANITE HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF LAST HOPE 1 & 2 LODE CLAIM, HOME PLACER CLAIM & LAST HOPE MILL SITE, ALL UNPATENTED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 276 .
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1904 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, MARIPOSA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 11 .
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