South Fork Mines, Inc.

Unknown in Calaveras 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284247
MRDS ID M006145
MAS/MILS ID 0060090016
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Mines, Inc.
Alternate or previous names Preston Property
Related records 10109161

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.69271, 38.17101 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 012 E 30 SWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.69271, 38.17101

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JRN MNS & GEOL V 32 NO 3 P 351 363

  • Deposit

    CAL COUNTY REPT NO 2 P 206

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ-222

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.

Authoritative California resources

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