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Buckeye

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109289
MRDS ID M012025
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye
Related records 10261542

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.71121, 39.06016 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michigan Bluff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.71121, 39.06016
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YB 1956, V.3, P.229

  • Deposit

    CJM&G V.54, NO.1, 1958, P.169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOC. NOT KNOWN - USBM SAYS MICHIGAN BLUFF DIST - DOM SAYS LOC. AT GEORGETOWN WHICH IS IN EL DORADO CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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