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American River Area

Past Producer in Sacramento county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189116
MRDS ID W024652
MAS/MILS ID 0060670036
Record type Site
Current site name American River Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.19683, 38.6474 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sacramento(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Folsom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sacramento

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 007 E 10 S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.19683, 38.6474
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THIS AREA HAS PRODUCED MUCH GOLD AND SOME SILVER AND PLATINU

  • Deposit

    USGS QUAD FOLSOM

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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