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Never Sweat Mine, Dogtown, Kinsley District, East Belt, Mariposa Co., California, USA

Latitude: 37°42'35"N
Longitude: 120°7'53"W

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A former lode Au mine located in the NW¼ (?) sec. 6, T3S, R17E, MDM, 0.9 km (2,900 feet) NNW of Dogtown (3.5 miles E of Coulterville), on National Forest land. Property consisted of unpatented land. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 1,000 meters.

Mineralization is a vein/pocket deposit hosted in granite and slate. The ore body strikes E and dips 45S at a thickness of 0.38 meters. The hanging wall is granite and the footwall is slate. Local rocks include Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 4 (Western Sierra Nevada).

Workings include underground openings with a length of 10.67 meters and an overall depth of 6.1 meters, comprised of a tunnel.

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Gold

Quartz

2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.

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References

Aubury, Lewis E. (1904), Register of Mines and Minerals, Mariposa County, California, California State Mining Bureau: 12.

USGS crib list (1981) (November 4, 1981).

USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10034733 & 10237259.

U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minerals Availability System (MAS) file ID #0060430764.

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