Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kinsley Mining District | Mining District |
| East Belt | - not defined - |
| Mariposa County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° North , 119° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~12km
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Location and History
This is an extensive district in the Sierra Nevada East (gold) Belt in north-central Mariposa County. It is five miles east of Coulterville and about 25 miles north of Mariposa. The district includes several places that at various times have been classified as separate districts but are grouped together in this publication because they adjoin each other and are geologically similar. These are the Greeley Hill, Bull Creek, Gentry Gulch, Smith Ridge, and Dogtown areas. The Cat Town district lies just to the south and the Coulterville district to the west. The area was placer-mined during the gold rush. Much lode mining was conducted from the 1860s through 1900 and again in the 1930s. Several mines including the Hasloe and Horseshoe have been worked intermittently in recent years.
Geology
The district is underlain by slate, mica schist, quartzite, hornfels, phyllites and limestone lenses of the Calaveras Formation (Carboniferous to Permian). Present are several small granitic stocks and a number of diorite, quartz-diorite and aplite dikes. In places these dikes are associated with the gold-quartz veins and are important in the localization of the ore bodies.
Ore Deposits
Numerous north- and west-striking quartz veins range from one to five feet in thickness. The are shoots generally are small, but commonly rich. The are contains free gold and often abundant sulfides including galena and tetrahedrite, which are associated with rich ore. Molybdenite is present in a few places.
Mines
Argo ($18,000), Bandarita ($1.52 million), Bob McKee, Bondurant ($390,000), Bunce, Carrie Todd, Contention, Cranberry, Garibaldi, Gold King, Hasloe ($3 million), Horseshoe, Last Chance, Lovely Rogers, Louisiana, Marble Springs ($200,000), Moonlight, Quail ($400,000), Red Cloud, Red Mountain, Texas Hill ($74,000+).
A mining area located 10 miles W of El Portal.
This is an extensive district in the Sierra Nevada East (gold) Belt in north-central Mariposa County. It is five miles east of Coulterville and about 25 miles north of Mariposa. The district includes several places that at various times have been classified as separate districts but are grouped together in this publication because they adjoin each other and are geologically similar. These are the Greeley Hill, Bull Creek, Gentry Gulch, Smith Ridge, and Dogtown areas. The Cat Town district lies just to the south and the Coulterville district to the west. The area was placer-mined during the gold rush. Much lode mining was conducted from the 1860s through 1900 and again in the 1930s. Several mines including the Hasloe and Horseshoe have been worked intermittently in recent years.
Geology
The district is underlain by slate, mica schist, quartzite, hornfels, phyllites and limestone lenses of the Calaveras Formation (Carboniferous to Permian). Present are several small granitic stocks and a number of diorite, quartz-diorite and aplite dikes. In places these dikes are associated with the gold-quartz veins and are important in the localization of the ore bodies.
Ore Deposits
Numerous north- and west-striking quartz veins range from one to five feet in thickness. The are shoots generally are small, but commonly rich. The are contains free gold and often abundant sulfides including galena and tetrahedrite, which are associated with rich ore. Molybdenite is present in a few places.
Mines
Argo ($18,000), Bandarita ($1.52 million), Bob McKee, Bondurant ($390,000), Bunce, Carrie Todd, Contention, Cranberry, Garibaldi, Gold King, Hasloe ($3 million), Horseshoe, Last Chance, Lovely Rogers, Louisiana, Marble Springs ($200,000), Moonlight, Quail ($400,000), Red Cloud, Red Mountain, Texas Hill ($74,000+).
A mining area located 10 miles W of El Portal.
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| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 | |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Talc | 9.EC.05 | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite var. Gold-bearing Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Localities in this Region
- California
- Mariposa County
- East Belt
- Kinsley Mining District
- Dogtown
- Greeley Hill
- Argo Pioneer Mine (Pioneer Mine; Argo claim; Pioneer claim)
- Bean Creek Epperson group (Walsh; Kohler; Caroline and Blowout claims)
- Bob McKee Mine (McKee)
- Cincinnati Ohio Mine
- Fair Mine
- Gordon deposit (Gordan deposit)
- Keystone Lode mining claim
- Louisiana Mine
- Ohio Mine
- Red Cloud Mine (Kate Kearney Mine)
- Scandinavian occurrence
- Smith Creek Placer Mine
- Jackass Mountain
- Bondurant Mine (Hathaway-Bondurant Mine)
- Diana Mine (North Fork Mine; Dana Mine; Diana 1 to 8 claims)
- Gold Bar Mine
- Horseshoe I Mine (Bower Cave)
- Long Hurst Mine
- Manzanita I Mine
- Marble Springs Mine (Compromise and Eubanks Mine; Compromise and Enbanks Mine)
- Montara Mine
- Moonlight Mine
- Success Nugget placer
- Three Brothers No. 1 Quartz claim
- Unidentified Au prospect [8]
- Unnamed Au property [49]
- Unnamed Au property [56]
- Unnamed limestone deposit [1]
- Kinsley Mining District
- East Belt
- Mariposa County
- California
- Mariposa County
- East Belt
- Kinsley Mining District
- Jackass Mountain
- Texas Hill
- Bandarita Mine (Bandaritta Mine; Eclipse Mine; Goodwin Mine; Bandarita Nos. 1 & 2 claims; Little Fort Knox claim; Fort Knox No. 2 claim; Kinsley Nos. 1; 2 & 3 claims)
- Black I Mine
- Bower Cave deposits prospect
- Bull Creek placer
- Bunce Mine
- Contention and Black Oak Mine
- Diehl group
- Fraser claims (Fraser and Frank group; Frank group)
- Garfield Mine
- Garibaldi Mine (Blue Lead Mine)
- Gold King Mine (Martin - Walling Mine; Sunshine Mine)
- Golden Gate Mine
- Golden Virgin (Green Emigrant)
- Happy Home Mine
- Hasloe Mine (Hasloc Mine; Funk; Coward; Hasloe & Centuary; Gentry Gulch)
- Independence I Mine (Twin Springs)
- June Mine
- Kinsley deposit (Jenkins Ranch)
- Last Chance I Mine (Homestake Mine; Homestead claim; Pine Flat 1 - 2 & 3 claims)
- Last Chance Mine
- Lovely Rogers Mine (Cherokee Mine; Shiner Mine)
- Mystery Mine (Squaw Flat; Mistery; Sqaw Flat)
- Nevills group (Navills group)
- Quail Mine
- Reed Mine
- Scanlon group (Scanton group; Shallaly claim; Bonanza claim; Gold Road claim; Chance claim; Oversight claim; Checkmate claim)
- Star Mine
- Texas Hill Mines (Carrie Todd claim)
- Unnamed Au occurrence [22]
- Unnamed Au property [41]
- Unnamed Au property [53]
- Unnamed Au prospect [21]
- Unnamed Au prospect [23]
- Water Lily claim
- Younger Mine
- Kinsley Mining District
- East Belt
- Mariposa County
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Louisiana Mine, Greeley Hill, Kinsley Mining District, East Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA