Hangout Placer

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262259
MAS/MILS ID 0060790370
Record type Site
Current site name Hangout Placer
Alternate or previous names Edward Lee, Gold Nugget, Old Man's Folly, Crystal J, A-B-C-D, Mongoose

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.30736, 35.32967 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pozo Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(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)

Federal lands

Los Padres 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 San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 S 016 E 06 E2E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.30736, 35.32967

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. B. Roland And Others
    Home office California
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 193, 1970, P. 179.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 13-83, 1983, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, P. 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USBM MLA OFR 13-83 SEE POZO CREEK PLACERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Kuizon, Lucy 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.