Mistake Placer

Occurrence in Mariposa 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 10030880
MRDS ID M009350
Record type Site
Current site name Mistake Placer
Related records 10212011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.18016, 37.64575 (WGS84)
Relative position UNPATENTED CLAIM. MAY BE ONE OF THE PROSPECTS SHOWN IN THE E1/2 NR. CENTER OF SEC. OR NEAR THE N1/4 COR. ON U.S. GEOL. SURVEY QUAD. COULTERVILLE, CALIF., 1949

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.18016, 37.64575

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. D. Winder

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 141

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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.