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Contention

Occurrence in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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 10214672
MRDS ID W026029
MAS/MILS ID 0061090560
Record type Site
Current site name Contention
Related records 10111241

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.3413, 38.12021 (WGS84)
Elevation 719
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus 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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 015 E 17 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.3413, 38.12021
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL V45 NO1 JAN 1949 P81 PL8 CLAIM ALS

  • Deposit

    LISTED IN NW1/4 SEC 16 CLAIM LOCATED ON S SIDE OF KNIGHT CRE

  • Deposit

    CLAIM CONTAINS 18 ACRES CJM&G ALTHOUGH 24 TH REPT ST MIN P25

  • Deposit

    HOLDINGS OF 182 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JAN-1997 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

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