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Black Mine (Confidence Mine; Confidence No. 2 Mine; Confidence placer), Peachtree Bar, Hite Cove District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Latitude: 37°36'59"N
Longitude: 119°49'23"W

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A former Au mine located in secs. 1 & 12, T4S, R19E, MDM, 2.9 km (9,400 feet) WNW of Peachtree Bar (coordinates of record) and 5.6 km (3.5 miles) SSE of Incline, along the South Fork Merced River, between river miles 6 & 7, on National Forest land. The property was comprised of an unspecified number of unpatented claims. Operated by John L. Green et al. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. This location may be the prospect shown in the SW corner of sec. 1 between the trail and Skelton Creek, on the USGS quadrangle Buckingham Mountain, California (1949).

Local rocks include Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 4 (Western Sierra Nevada).

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Gold

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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References

Laizure, Clyde McK (1928), Mariposa, Madera Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 24): 24(2): 130.

USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10102917.

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