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Gopher

Producer 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028822
MRDS ID M006043
Record type Site
Current site name Gopher
Related records 10211578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68045, 38.29713 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI. E OF MOKELUMNE HILL

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: ON GOPHER CHANNEL. TWO PITS EXPOSE 3 GRAVELS; PRE-RHYOLITE MEMBER 15' THICK, CONSISTS OF COARSE, SILICEOUS, CEMENTED GRAVEL WITH SLATE FRAGMENTS; OVERLAIN BY MIDDLE MEMBER; LENSES OF RHYOLITE TUFF AND DETRITUS; UPPER MEMBER SUBANGULAR, POORLY SORTED, POST-RHYOLITIC GRAVEL. CHANNEL GENERALLY NARROW, WITH STEEP RIMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. C. Vandell, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE 1860S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 198 AND PL. C; V. 32, NO. 3, P. 359

Reporter information

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

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