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Willieta

Producer in Tuolumne 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034648
MRDS ID M021507
Record type Site
Current site name Willieta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.36433, 37.84464 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 1 MILE S. E. OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moccasin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 015E 18,19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MATERIAL IMPREGNATED WITH PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.36433, 37.84464
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINOR QUARTZ PRESENT, OCCURING IN IRREGULARLY DISPERSED QUARTZ STRINGERS AND SEAMS IN FRACTURED GRANITE. A RICH GOLD - BEARING POCKET SAID TO BE IN SERPENTINE. GRANITE IS BIOTITIC AND PORPHYRITIC, IMPREGNATED IN PLACES WITH PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 494

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 166

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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