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Duck Bar Placer Claims

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029454
MRDS ID M006979
Record type Site
Current site name Duck Bar Placer Claims
Related records 10235473

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.4211, 38.08567 (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)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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 003N 014E 23,26,27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.4211, 38.08567
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE HIGHER GRAVELS WERE WORKED MANY YEARS AGO. IT IS PLANNED TO WORK THE LOWER GRAVEL BEDS WITH THE AID OF A SUCTION DREDGE. MOST OF THE GOLD IS FOUND IN THE POT HOLES IN THE LIMESTONE BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • BAR GRAVEL WORKED 1914 BY TURNING COURSE OF RIVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 338 AND 358

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 195 AND PL. C

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CO. REPT. 2 GIVES E1/2 SEC. 27 ONLY. MAY HAVE BEEN AU IN RIVER GRAVELS IN SEC. 22 ACC. FOLIO 51. AU PROBABLY IN 27 ONLY.

Reporter information

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

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