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Mammoth Springs

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031949
MRDS ID M011813
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Springs
Related records 10140190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76503, 39.26189 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. USGS QUAD. WASHINGTON, CALIF. 1951 SHOWS LOCATION OF ADIT OF THIS MINE ON SEC. LINE BT. SW1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 8 AND NW1/4 NW1/4 SEC. 17 AT 3880' ELEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 011E 08 SW1/4 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76503, 39.26189
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 3, JULY 1941, PL. 3, PM5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 125.784 ACRES.

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.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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