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Kockel Placer

Occurrence in Mariposa 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 10031024
MRDS ID M009578
Record type Site
Current site name Kockel Placer
Related records 10115366

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.05377, 37.57382 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4. ON A TRIBUTARY TO SHERLOCK CREEK 1 1/2 AIRLINE MILES NW OF THE NUTMEG MINE IN SEC. 30. 4S-18E. (USGS QUAD. BEAR VALLEY, CALIF., 1948)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 017E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.05377, 37.57382
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW POUNDS OF COARSE GOLD NUGGETS WERE RECOVERED IN 1938 BY TRAUGOTT KOCKEL. THE LARGEST NUGGETS WEIGHED 1 1/2 OZ. THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THE EDGE OF A SLIDE WHICH HAD BURIED RICH PLACER GROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 320

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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