Rattlesnake

Occurrence in Nevada 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 10031964
MRDS ID M011884
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake
Related records 10164114

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73103, 39.44656 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graniteville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 011E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73103, 39.44656

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 566, FIG.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE AT SURFACE. FIG. 2 OF USGS CIRC. 566 SHOWS AURIFEROUS GRAVEL IN PART OF W1/2 OF THIS SECTION. TYPE OF MINERAL NOT KNOWN.

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

Authoritative California resources

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