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Spanish Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034906
MRDS ID M021966
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68019, 39.02572 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 5 MI. E GORMAN RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michigan Bluff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 011E 25,26,30,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 31 , S 1/2 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 47 .

  • Deposit

    ROOT, L. L., 1927 , REPORT 23 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 252 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN FORM OF BLANKET
Deposit NOT SAME AS SPANISH MINE IN T 12 N, R 08 E, SEC. 07 . . 143 ACRES.. 143 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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