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Sacred Mountmoundmine

Past Producer in Sierra 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237593
MRDS ID W025489
MAS/MILS ID 0060910510
Record type Site
Current site name Sacred Mountmoundmine
Related records 10213852, 10077668

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.63853, 39.57659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1877
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sierra City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 012 E 28 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.63853, 39.57659
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES & GLG V 38 # 1 JAN 1942 PP 42-43,64;

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES BUTTE SADDLE BUT ON SEP- ERATE SHEET SEE # 509 MIL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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