Misc. Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029267
MRDS ID M006711
Record type Site
Current site name Misc. Claims
Related records 10114571

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.53351, 38.23963 (WGS84)
Relative position BRIGHT STAR & EVERGREEN PLACERS (LATER CALLED BRIGHT STAR AND COPLEY PLACERS)

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)

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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 013E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.53351, 38.23963

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM REPORTS FILED IN TOWNSHIP FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRIGHT STAR & EVERGREEN CLAIMS DECLARED INVALID IN 1962 (BLM MIN. REPORT M-I-2); RELOCATED IN 1967 AND AGAIN RECOMMENDED FOR CONTEST IN 1967.

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.