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Auburn Pacific

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Production statistics
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032035
MRDS ID M012097
Record type Site
Current site name Auburn Pacific
Related records 10139708

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.15214, 38.90711 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF NEWCASTLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 012N 007E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.15214, 38.90711
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Gold Ore Reduced To 74 Tons Of Concentrates, With Recoverable Copper And Lead In Addition To Gold - Silver.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEV. BY 400-FT. VERT. SHAFT AND 500 FT. DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 281

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G. 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 588 - 589

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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