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Oro Y Plata Tailings

Occurrence in Calaveras 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029407
MRDS ID M006914
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Y Plata Tailings
Related records 10259792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.4785, 38.1388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Murphys(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 014E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.4785, 38.1388
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FROM 18,000-25,000 TONS OF TAILINGS ARE THOUGHT TO BE AVAILABLE,MAINLY FROM THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORO Y PLATA MILL IN THE 80'S, AND A SMALL AMOUNT FROM THE 1926-1932 OPERATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PLANNED TO START TREATING THE TAILINGS EARLY IN JULY 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 32, NO. 3, P. 349

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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