Allbright

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032040
MRDS ID M012115
Record type Site
Current site name Allbright
Related records 10261483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.14186, 38.846 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF PENRYN

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 American(hydrologic unit)

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 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.14186, 38.846

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER MINE. FORMERLY HYDRAULICKED BUT WAS BEING WORKED AS A DRIFT MINE IN 1890'S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1894 BEDROCK TUNNEL HAD BEEN RUN IN SLATE 500 FT. AND FROM THE END A RAISE OF 32 FT. EXTENDED INTO GRAVEL BUT LITTLE PAY WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 86

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO

  • Deposit

    DOM 12TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 204

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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