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Western Placers, Inc.

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 10028821
MRDS ID M006042
Record type Site
Current site name Western Placers, Inc.
Related records 10211109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68045, 38.29713 (WGS84)
Relative position 140 ACRES OF CHANNEL GRAVEL IN HAPPY VALLEY, AT HEAD OF CHILI GULCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mokelumne Hill(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 005N 012E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68045, 38.29713
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PART OF THE PAUL P. LANCELL PROPERTY,1 MI. E OF MOKELUMNE HILL, WHICH WAS HYDRAULICKED MANY YEARS AGO. NO ACTUAL MINING HAD COMMENCED WHEN PROPERTY VISITED IN NOVEMBER 1935; IT IS PLANNED TO WORK THE GRAVEL BY SLUICING, REMOVING THE TAILINGS BY MEANS OF TWO DRAGLINES. GRAVEL IS SAID TO AVERAGE 40? A CU. YD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 355

Reporter information

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

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