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Mountain Ranch

Occurrence in Calaveras 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029259
MRDS ID M006698
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.56522, 38.24314 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calaveritas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 013E 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.56522, 38.24314
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME AU ALONG MEXICAN GULCH IN 29, BUT REFERENCE IS POOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 40, P. 21; V. 32, NO. 3, P. 361

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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