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Crocker Estate Property Hesperides Mining Company

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028565
MRDS ID M005602
Record type Site
Current site name Crocker Estate Property Hesperides Mining Company
Related records 10162452

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.98429, 38.19224 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Joaquin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 009E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.98429, 38.19224
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN 1924 THIS COMPANY WAS WORKING A COMBINED GOLD MINE AND GRAVEL PIT ON THIS PROPERTY. GRAVEL CONTAINS A FEW CENTS IN GOLD PER TON. SEVERAL SIZES OF GRAVEL AND CRUSHED ROCK AND PEA GRAVEL AND SAND ORE PRODUCED; CAPACITY OF 600-800 TONS A DAY CLAIMED, WITH A FAIR PROFIT ON THE ROCK PRODUCTS BESIDES THE GOLD. EQUIPMENT INCLUDES DIGGING, ELEVATING, CRUSHING AND SCREENING MACHINERY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 20, NO. 1, P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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