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Yerba Buena

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092417
MRDS ID M011436
Record type Site
Current site name Yerba Buena
Related records 10115778

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95436, 39.2735 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Bloomfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 009E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95436, 39.2735
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. W. Marsh Et Al.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO 3, JULY 1941, P. 468

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT SHOWN ON PL. 2, V. 37, NO. 3. NO EVIDENCE OF AU IN SEC. 163 ACRES. COULD THIS BE THE OLD FOUNTAIN HEAD PLACER LOCATION SHOWN IN USGS FOLIO 29, NEVADA CITY, 1896, NEVADA CITY TOPO MAP? YERBA BUENA WAS EAST OF FOUNTAIN HEAD. SAID TO BE ALONG CHANNEL BUT NO EVIDENCE OF AU IN 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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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