Miner's Gulch Area

Prospect in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116255
MAS/MILS ID 0060530156
Record type Site
Current site name Miner's Gulch Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.2163, 36.40684 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Chalone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Sur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 007 E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.2163, 36.40684

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDREWS, PHILIP, 1936, GEOLOGY OF PINNACLES NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    MONUMENT: UNIV. CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF GEOL. BULLETIN 24,

  • Deposit

    P. 33.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES COUNTY REPORT 5, 1966, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MF-357, 1972.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POD OF MICA SCHIST WITH NW TRENDING QUARTZ VEINS (ROSS,1972)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-AUG-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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