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Hooten Ranch Deposit

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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 10028681
MRDS ID M005815
Record type Site
Current site name Hooten Ranch Deposit
Related records 10235693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79045, 38.18185 (WGS84)
Relative position ON HOOTEN RANCH ABOUT A MILE FROM STATE HIGHWAY 12 - POSSIBLY SW1/4 OF SEC. NEAR VALLEY SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

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 011E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79045, 38.18185
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HILL COVERED WITH AGATE AND OPAL - VEINS FOUND RANGE IN WIDTH FROM VERY NARROW TO 2 INCHES THICK, NEAR THE SURFACE, THICKER UNDERGROUND. SOME OF THE AGATE LOOKS BLUE BUT APPEARS CLEAR WHEN CUT THIN; MOSS AGATE WITH WHITE SPRAYS REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN FOUND. OPAL IS COMMON BUT PROBABLY OF GOOD GRADE AS VEINS GET DEEPER. OPEN TO ROCKHOUNDS FOR FEE OF $1 PER PERSON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEMS & MINERALS AUG. 1965, P. 25

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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