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Nugget Creek Placer

Unknown in Trinity 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190048
MAS/MILS ID 0061050750
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.17532, 40.94374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thurston Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Trinity Alps Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036 N 012 W 25 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.17532, 40.94374
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL.1371-B,P.48,88,102-04; TRIBUTARY OF WHITES CR.;SM

  • Deposit

    PATCHES IN POTHOLES ETC.; SOME HIGH GRADE;

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SYPHON-TYPE SUCTION DREDGING HAS BEEN USED TO MINE SMALL POCKETS OF GRAVEL THAT DEVELOPED IN POTHOLES IN BEDROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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

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