Big Pine

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028356
MRDS ID M005281
Record type Site
Current site name Big Pine
Related records 10187169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56823, 38.41797 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56823, 38.41797

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Smith
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. Shaffner
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS 360 FT. ( 1941 - 1942 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, G.J., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CAL.: CJMG, VOL. 53 , P. 416

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 144, P. 214

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. 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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