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Rotten Rail Mine

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287517
MRDS ID M021410
MAS/MILS ID 0061090695
Record type Site
Current site name Rotten Rail Mine
Alternate or previous names Three Lead, Los Angeles
Related records 10034576

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.2654, 37.89412 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(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 Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 016 E 31 NWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.2654, 37.89412
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    24TH REPT STATE MINERALOGIST P32

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 73-83, 1983, TABLE 3,

  • Deposit

    NO. 13, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-AUG-1993 Hyndman, Paul C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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