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Worth's Hill

Producer in Calaveras 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109135
MRDS ID M005784
Record type Site
Current site name Worth's Hill
Related records 10235165

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73545, 38.22519 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. SSW OF MOKELUMNE HILL, IN CHILI GULCH; TAILINGS SHOWN HERE ON GQ-222. NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 011E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73545, 38.22519
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL 90' THICK; CONSISTS OF POORLY SORTED METAMORPHIC PEBBLES AND COBBLES; SOME SAND BEDS. PIT 400' LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. And Marian L. Snyder

Comments on the production information

  • DRIFTED IN 1860S HYDRAULICKED 1873-74. DRIFT AND HYDRAULIC MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 209 AND PL. C

  • Deposit

    GQ-222

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 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

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