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Oro Fino and Floyd Claims

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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032059
MRDS ID M012183
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino and Floyd Claims
Related records 10261702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.08631, 38.88961 (WGS84)
Relative position N1/2 SW1/4 AND NW1/4 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(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 008E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.08631, 38.88961
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST - PROBABLY ON SAME VEIN, OR SYSTEM OF VEINS, AS THE LUNDQUIST CLAIM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 14TH ANN. REPT. PT. 2, P. 266, PL. 17

  • Deposit

    DOM 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, PL. FACING P. 318

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY VEINS WERE NOT PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. THE ORO FINO IS SHOWN ON PL. FACING P. 318, 15TH REPORT; THE FLOYD IS NOT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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