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Mormon

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105952
MRDS ID W026049
Record type Site
Current site name Mormon
Related records 10238973

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.25793, 37.8227 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position AT BIG OAK ON RIDGE S. OF RATTLESNAKE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moccasin(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 001S 016E 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.25793, 37.8227
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Economic information

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 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS ON VEIN 100 , 200 FT. REPORTED AS RECENTLY AS 1914 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1914 , TUOLUMNE COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 157

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI MINE. NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J.; Tatkin, T. 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

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