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C.N.Chittenden Lease

Occurrence in Placer 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 10032004
MRDS ID M012045
Record type Site
Current site name C.N.Chittenden Lease

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.31217, 38.97751 (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)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 006E 15,16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.31217, 38.97751
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOCATION WAS ON THE IONE SHORE-LINE AT AN ELEV. OF ABOUT 200 FT. GRAVEL IRREGULAR AND IN PATCHES, VARYING FROM 6 TO 16 FT. IN DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPERATIONS BEGAN OCT. 1934. WORKED BY GASOLINE SHOVEL, TROMMEL, HUNGARIAN RIFFLES - FINE TAILING PUMPED OFF BY A SAND PUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 81

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5 SACRAMENTO

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 31, NO. 1, 1935, P. 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORK DISCONTINUED IN 1935.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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Authoritative California resources

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