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Big Trees Calaveras Deposit

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029494
MRDS ID M007053
Record type Site
Current site name Big Trees Calaveras Deposit
Related records 10114132

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46017, 38.15324 (WGS84)
Relative position S 1/2 OF SEC.; ABOUT A MILE N OF MURPHYS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murphys(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 004N 014E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46017, 38.15324
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT OF SILICEOUS ORE (LIMONITE) OCCURS IN CALAVERAS FORMATION ADJACENT TO A SMALL LENS OF LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND A 75' LONG TUNNEL WERE RUN MANY YEARS AGO TO PROSPECT IT. NOT LIKELY TO PROVE OF ECONOMIC VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 21, P. 162

  • Deposit

    CALIF. MINERAL ABSTRACTS, IRON, P. 8

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 51, BIG TREES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADD. REF.: CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 93, 210, AND PL. D

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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