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Golden King Prospect

Past Producer in Sierra 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 10262694
MAS/MILS ID 0060910758
Record type Site
Current site name Golden King Prospect
Alternate or previous names West Yuba

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.80713, 39.63378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1749
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fillmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021 N 010 E 36 NWSWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.80713, 39.63378
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, W.W. III, SCOTT, D.F., BARNES, D.J., AND NEUMANN,

  • Deposit

    T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST AND WEST YUBA

  • Deposit

    RARE II AREAS (NOS. 5264 AND 5172), SIERRA AND PLUMAS

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SUMMARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    NO. MLA 71-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD-BEARING TERTIARY GRAVEL CHANNEL DEPOSIT ONE ADIT CAVED AT 150 FEET FROM PORTAL ONE SAMPLE (2.25 CUBIC FEET) CONTAINED 0.00001 OZ GOLD PER CUBIC YARD OF GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-FEB-85 Brown, Don U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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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