Big Oak Mine, Pendola Gardens, Mount Bullion, Bagby-Mariposa-Mount Bullion-Whitlock Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 31' 49'' North , 120° 8' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Bear Valley | 125 (2011) | 4.5km |
Catheys Valley | 825 (2011) | 11.3km |
Mariposa | 2,173 (2017) | 15.7km |
Midpines | 1,204 (2011) | 18.9km |
Coulterville | 201 (2011) | 20.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Mariposa Gem & Mineral Club | Mariposa, California | 16km |
Mindat Locality ID:
81989
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:81989:0
GUID (UUID V4):
f1c996a4-08bf-405c-869f-bcfd5982d31b
A former lode Au mine located in the NE¼ (estimated) sec. 4, T5S, R17E, MDM, 2.9 km (9,600 feet) WNW of Pendola Gardens, along Corbet Creek (4 miles NW of Mount Bullion). Operated during the period 1902-1909. The MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters. A Las Mariposas grant mine.
Mineralization is a vein deposit. Local rocks include Mesozoic volcanic rocks, unit 2 (Western Sierra Foothills and Western Klamath Mountains) and/or Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains).
No information on workings.
Production data are found in: Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957).
Active in 1902, 1904, 1906 & 1909. During this period 98.78 tons of ore were mined which yielded $1,564.71 (period values), or an average of $15.85 per ton (period values).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10031030 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
USA
- California
- Mother Lode BeltBelt
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060430340