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Gold Mine

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092493
MRDS ID M012319
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95659, 39.10628 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 SE1/4 - ON COLFAX HILL?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(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 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95659, 39.10628
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD MINE IN AURIFEROUS GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR-67, PL. 3

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66 - EC. GEOL. SHEET

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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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.