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Bear River Ext., Tracts 1 and 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092414
MRDS ID M011421
Record type Site
Current site name Bear River Ext., Tracts 1 and 2
Related records 10286058

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.93857, 39.15212 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicago Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(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
Mount Diablo 015N 009E 12,13,14 California

Comments on the location information

  • Location changed to match MAS record for this deposit. The county was incorrectly listed as Nevada originally in the old MRDS and therefore the center of Nevada county was used.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.93857, 39.15212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 1, JAN. 1936, P. 86

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISE 82.89 ACRES BORDERING BOTH SIDES OF BEAR RIVER CHANNEL WHICH FORMS THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN NEVADA AND PLACER COUNTIES AT THIS POINT. V. 32, NO. 1, P. 86, REFERS TO A LOCATION OF THIS NAME IN SECTION 14 ONLY, BELONGING TO E. C. UREN, WHICH MAY BE A PART OF THIS LOCATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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