C. C. Pierce Property

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031042
MRDS ID M009606
Record type Site
Current site name C. C. Pierce Property
Related records 10211775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.15099, 37.48326 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ON CORBET CREEK, 2 MILES EAST OF THE RUTH PIERCE MINE (SEC. 13, 5S, 16E). REFERENCE SHOWS LOCATION IN T. 6S, 17E, BUT DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION AND USGS QUAD. INDIAN GULCH, CALIF., 1954 (1:62500) WOULD INDICATE THE LOCATION IS AS SHOWN AT TOP OF CARD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Merced(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 017E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.15099, 37.48326

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED BY TREBOR CORP. IN 1943, WHICH PROCESSED 1000,000 YARDS OF GRAVEL IN 3 1/2 MONTHS WHICH YIELDED APPROX. $10,170, OR AN AVERAGE OF 10.17 CENTS PER YARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN. -APRIL, 1957, P. 321

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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