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Breece & Wheeler

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261741
MRDS ID W024408
MAS/MILS ID 0060610523
Record type Site
Current site name Breece & Wheeler
Alternate or previous names Paragon
Related records 10110857

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.78933, 39.03209 (WGS84)
Elevation 890
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 014 N 011 E 30 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.78933, 39.03209
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM SR 67 P 44 PLS 1 3 DOM GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO USGS PP 73 P

  • Deposit

    156 CJMG V 32 NO 1 1936 P 73-75 94 V 31 NO 1 1935 P 20 REPT

  • Deposit

    MIN P 91 92 CJMG V 51 NO 4 P 381 USBM MIN YB V 3 FOR 1952 53

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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