Feliciana

US / CA

•37.59104, -119.92515View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Feliciana is a historic mining site in Mariposa, California, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Slate, Phyllite, Schist. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite; gangue is recorded as Quartz. Workings are surface/underground.

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ChalcopyriteCopperGalenaGoldPyriteQuartzSilver

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Slate, Phyllite, Schist
Associated rock: Diorite

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteGalenaGoldPyrite

Gangue minerals

Quartz

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Workings: Surface/Underground
Production size: Small
Production years: 1924 - 1934 , 1941 - 1943

Records and references

Cited references

BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 98 - 99 , 260 . LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935 , CURRENT MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT WITH SPEC. REF. TO GOLD: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 31 , NO. 1 , P. 33 . BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10105949 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 37.59104, -119.92515

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