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American Hill

Past Producer in Placer 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139732
MAS/MILS ID 0060610750
Record type Site
Current site name American Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.58822, 39.14099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duncan Peak(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 015 N 012 E 13 SESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.58822, 39.14099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 518M
    Width 16M
    Depth to top 14M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CJMG V 32 NO 1 1936 P 51 86 V 31 NO 1 1935 P 19 USGS FOLIO 6

  • Deposit

    FAX USBM MIN VB V3 1952 P 192 1953 P 217 1954 P 223 15TH RE

  • Deposit

    ST MIN P 352

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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