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Deer Creek

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031671
MRDS ID M010832
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek
Related records 10116288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.27804, 39.21589 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE PL. 3, V. 37, NO. 40

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smartsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada
United States California Yuba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 006E 26,27,28 California

Comments on the location information

  • Lat/long determined by PLS and GIS matching Plate 3, no. 40 location.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.27804, 39.21589
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PL. 3; V. 48, NO. 2, APRIL 1952, P. 163

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 2, APRIL 1952, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD HYDRAULIC MINES. DEER CREEK, 270 ACRES: ENTERPRISE, 104.65 ACRES; SMARTSVILLE CONS., 33.29 ACRES. V. 48, NO. 2, LISTS A LOCATION IN SE1/4 SE1/4 OF SEC. 28, IN ADDITION TO SEC. 27, BUT THIS MAY BE IN ERROR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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