Big Dipper

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10110847
MRDS ID W024384
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dipper
Related records 10115945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.84686, 39.09045 (WGS84)
Elevation 866

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
014N 010E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.84686, 39.09045

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR-67,P 43,PLS 1,3;DOM GEOL MAP OF CA,CHICO;CJMG V 32,NO 1,

  • Deposit

    1936,P 52,87;17TH REPT ST MIN P 447;USGS PP 73,P 148-9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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