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Liberty Hill Diggings

Producer in Nevada 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 10031896
MRDS ID M011692
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Hill Diggings
Related records 10188630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.81881, 39.23517 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 010E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.81881, 39.23517
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AURIFEROUS NEOCENE GRAVELS - CONTINUATION OF DUTCH FLAT CHANNEL. GRAVEL WAS ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP; 30 FT. OF REDDISH QUARTZ GRAVEL COVERING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF BLUE GRAVEL HYDRAULIC MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1923 HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS OVER A SHORT TIME MADE A SMALL CLEANUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66, P. 9

  • Deposit

    EC. GEOL. SHEET

  • Deposit

    DOM 20TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 12; ADD. REF.: 17TH REPT. ST. MIN. P. 440

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 2,000,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL HAD BEEN REMOVED HYDRAULICALLY IN 1880'S WITH ABOUT 16,000,000 CU. YDS REMAINING.

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.

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