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Vulture

Past Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103058
MRDS ID M021500
Record type Site
Current site name Vulture
Alternate or previous names Donovan
Related records 10287541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.43211, 37.9402 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE N. OF QUARTZ 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 Tuolumne(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 014E 15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES APPROXIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.43211, 37.9402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 4.452HA

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 100 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 VEIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

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

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