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Indian Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036142
MRDS ID M024198
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek Deposit
Alternate or previous names Esmeralda
Related records 10162513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.52851, 38.17019 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH OF ESMERALDA QUARTZ MINE NEAR INDIAN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 013E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.52851, 38.17019
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALAVERAS FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B. AND LYDON, P.A., 1962: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CALAVERAS COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 2; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 210

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925: 21ST REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CA. STATE MIN. BUR., VOL. 21, NO. 2, P. 162

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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