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Grouse Ridge

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036157
MRDS ID M024214
Record type Site
Current site name Grouse Ridge
Related records 10188446

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61492, 39.38933 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES FROM WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

English Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 012E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION AND UTM ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAID TO CONTAIN SUFFICENT GOLD TO PAY FOR EXACTING THAT METAL FROM IT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61492, 39.38933
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWNE, J. ROSS., 1968: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MTS.; U.S. TREASURY DEPT., P. 224

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, O.P., 1948: IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; DIV. OF MINES, P. 291

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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