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Tarantula

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077891
MRDS ID W025963
Record type Site
Current site name Tarantula
Related records 10165899, 10190325

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46211, 37.97602 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE S.W. OF TUTTLETOWN AND 2 MILES N. OF TABLE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(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 001N;002N 014E;014E 05;32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46211, 37.97602
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE HANGING WALL, GREENSTONE FOOTWALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mother Lode Belt

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 7.285HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 80 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 493

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS WAS ONE OF THE EARLIER PROSPECTS WORKED PRIOR TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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