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Virginia Placer Co.

Occurrence in Placer 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032002
MRDS ID M012041
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Placer Co.
Related records 10285866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.26493, 38.97795 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LINCOLN, 60 ACRES LEASED FOR MINING ON NISSEN OR SCHULER RANCH (ALSO SEE CARD FOR SECS. 16, 21)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 006E 13,14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.26493, 38.97795
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHALLOW GRAVEL WHICH PROBABLY CONSISTS OF REMNANTS OF IONE SHORELINE GRAVELS, DISSECTED BY LATER STREAMS AND GULLIES. GRAVEL LIES UNDERNEATH 2-3 FT. OF SOIL AND SAND AND AVE. DEPTH OF DIGGING HAS BEEN 10 TO 11 FT. BEDROCK IS DECOMPOSED GRANITE, YIELDING ABUNDANT SAND. CHANNELS ARE HARD TO FOLLOW AND ARE LIKELY SEGMENTS REMAINING FROM FORMER COURSE OF A BRANCH OF COON CREEK WHICH RUNS ALMOST IN THE LINE OF STRIKE OF SOME OF THE OPHIR QUARTZ VEINS. WORKED BY DRAGLINE - BUCKET CAP. 1 -3/4 CU. YDS. ELEVEN MEN EMPLOYED IN 1935 WITH DRAGLINE RUNNING 18 HOURS A DAY AND WASHING PLANT 16 HOURS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 32, NO. 1, 1936, P.84

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO

Reporter information

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

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