A former Au mine located in the NE¼NE¼ sec. 10, T3N, R16E MDM, a few miles S of Coulterville.
Mineralization is hosted in slate, serpentinite, greenstone and schist.
Local structures include a thrust fault.
Production data are found in: Bowen & Gray (1957).
References:
Aubury, Lewis E. (1904), Register of Mines and Minerals, Mariposa County, California, California State Mining Bureau: 12.
Castello, W.O. (1921), Mines and Mineral Resources of Mariposa County: California Mining Bureau; 17th Report of the State Geologist: 124-125.
Laizure, Clyde McK (1928), Mariposa, Madera Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 24: 100.
Knopf, Adolf (1929), The Mother Lode system of California: USGS PP 157, 88 pp.; […(abstract): Engineering & Mining Journal: 128: 24 (1929); …Geol. Zentralbl., Band 41: (1930)]: 35, 36, 40.
Logan, Clarence August (1934), Mother Lode gold belt of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 108, 221 pp.: 185.
Bowen, O.E., Jr. & C.H. Gray, Jr. (1957), Mines and mineral deposits of Mariposa County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 53(1-2): 130-132.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 335.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 169, 220-221.
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Map Reference: 37°41'43"N , 120°11'49"W
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