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Mountain Tunnel

Occurrence in Placer 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092495
MRDS ID M012328
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Tunnel
Related records 10236890

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.86041, 39.00252 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foresthill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 010E 03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.86041, 39.00252
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bequette, A. C.
    First year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 93

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66 OR FOLIO 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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