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Middle Yuba River

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092480
MRDS ID M011961
Record type Site
Current site name Middle Yuba River
Related records 10139727

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.63303, 39.52189 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 SW1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 AND S1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sierra City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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)

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 Nevada
United States California Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 012E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.
  • This property is in two sections 9 and 15. Section 9 is owned by Southern Pacific, but 15 is not. This appears to be a large area of gold-bearing gravel along the Middle Fork of the Yuba River.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.63303, 39.52189
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OWNED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC. MAY BE AURIFEROUS; ARE AMENABLE TO PLACER MINING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 58. (Reprint California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 94, 1987)

  • Deposit

    California Journal of Mines and Geology State Mineralogists Report v. 37, plate 3, no. PM1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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