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Reported Occurrence - Patterson Incline?

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 10032039
MRDS ID M012109
Record type Site
Current site name Reported Occurrence - Patterson Incline?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.23464, 38.86072 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 NE1/4 (FOLIO 5). SAID TO BE AT ELEV. 900 FT. WHICH DOES NOT CONFORM TO THAT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocklin(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 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.23464, 38.86072
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTERVOLCANIC CHANNEL THOUGH TO FOLLOW NORTHWEST SIDE OF ROCKY RIDGE (BOULDER RIDGE). GRAVEL IS WELL WASHED, CONSISTING OF ANDESITE, QUARTZ, AND GREENSTONE PEBBLES; THICKNESS RANGES UP TO 12 FT. AND IT IS DIRECTLY COVERED BY COMPACT TUFFACEOUS BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE 1000 FT. LONG APPROX.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS ON THIS CHANNEL FOUND TO BE POOR; RICH SPOTS OF $5 TO $9 A TON WERE STRUCK ON THE RIM.

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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