Dredged Areas

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032008
MRDS ID M012052
Record type Site
Current site name Dredged Areas
Related records 10116043

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -121.34204, 39.03489 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Far West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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
United States California Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 006E 29,30 California

Comments on the location information

  • Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long. (I don't know how a PLS was determined since there is no reference in this or the complimentary MAS record).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -121.34204, 39.03489

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER - RIVER GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATORS OR OTHER INFORMATION NOT KNOWN.

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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