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Golden Stag

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007709
MRDS ID C012191
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Stag
Alternate or previous names Monahan
Related records 10261439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10659, 38.89239 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Relative position 1/2 MI. E OPHIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 008E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 , NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10659, 38.89239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1894 , THE GOLD-SILVER VEINS OF OPHIR, CALIFORNIA: 14TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2 , P. 273 , PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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