Silver Mountain

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Quartz
Sections on this page
  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 10029500
MRDS ID M007065
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Mountain
Related records 10284065

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.43055, 38.36641 (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

Fort Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(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 006N 014E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Quartz Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.43055, 38.36641

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 319

  • Deposit

    REPT. 13, P. 119

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.