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Rancheria Placers

Producer in Mono 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 10031501
MRDS ID M010392
Record type Site
Current site name Rancheria Placers

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.1135, 38.07633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Negit Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 026E 28,29,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -119.1135, 38.07633
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE SINNAMON CUT IN NW1/4 SEC. 29 IS 1700' LONG, 200' WIDE AND 75' DEEP; GOLD IS FROM LEDGES AND STRINGERS, AS THE GRAVEL IS FINE AND MORE OR LESS ANGULAR, WITH NO BOULDERS. IN RANCHERIA GULCH THE GRAVEL IS SAID TO RUN FROM 25? TO 80? PER CU. YD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FROM SINNAMON CUT WAS OVER $80,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • AT SINNAMON CUT THE GRAVEL WAS WASHED BY WATER VIA A DITCH FROM VIRGINIA CREEK. IN RANCHERIA GULCH A NUMBER OF SHAFTS SUNK TO DEPTHS OF 30-40' TO BEDROCK IN CENTER OF GULCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 131

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 387

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 160 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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