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Lorentz Property

Occurrence in Amador 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028277
MRDS ID M005165
Record type Site
Current site name Lorentz Property
Related records 10138755

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78769, 38.54407 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MI. NE OF PLYMOUTH. REFERENCE SHOWN BELOW SHOWS LOCATION NW OF PLYMOUTH, BUT OTHER REFERENCES SHOW LOCATION NE OF PLYMOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fiddletown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 011E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78769, 38.54407
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Consumnes River

Comments on the production information

  • LONG BAR GOLD DREDGING CO. OPERATED DRAGLINE DREDGES ON THE COSUMNES RIVER IN 1942 AND LORENTZ AND SWINGLE OPERATED IN 1941. OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1954, 1955, 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 264

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, V. 3, 1954, P. 201; 1955, P. 207

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 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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