Crocker -Huffman Land and Water Co. Property

Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030929
MRDS ID M009426
Record type Site
Current site name Crocker -Huffman Land and Water Co. Property
Related records 10237056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24182, 37.51215 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4. ON BURNS CREEK NEAR HORNITOS. (PROBABLY THE AREA COVERED BY PLACER TAILINGS SHOWN IN THE NW1/4 ON USGS QUAD. HORNITOS, CALIF., 1949)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornitos(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 016E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.24182, 37.51215

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thurman And Wright (Thurman Gold Dredging Co.) ?

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED 1941-42 BY THURMAN AND WRIGHT; ALSO ACTIVE 1948-51. BETWEEN 1941 AND 1951 ABOUT 4,843,109 YARDS OF GRAVEL WERE PROCESSED WHICH YIELDED ABOUT $650,000 OR AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 13.5 CENTS PER CU. YD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN. -APRIL, 1957, P. 319

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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

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