Grand Prize

Producer in Amador 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028352
MRDS ID M005274
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Prize
Related records 10162728

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56768, 38.42491 (WGS84)
Elevation 762

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 013E 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56768, 38.42491

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kimball, F. A.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED LESS THAN 100,000 LB. OF COPPER. CLAIM OF 19 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT 23 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, 1927, P. 190

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 144, P. 215

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.

Authoritative California resources

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