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Gleeson Diggings

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077021
MRDS ID W024377
Record type Site
Current site name Gleeson Diggings
Related records 10140329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85403, 39.07389 (WGS84)
Elevation 817

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N 010E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85403, 39.07389
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    15TH REPT State Mineralogist,California Journal of Mines and Geology, P. 359.

  • Deposit

    California Journal of Mines and Geology V. 32, No. 1, 1936, P. 61,90.

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66

  • Deposit

    U.S.Geological Survey Professional Paper 73, P. 148-9.

  • Deposit

    California Division of Mines Geologic Map of Chico, CA.

  • Deposit

    California Division of Mines SR-67, P. 43, PLS 1,3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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