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Dredged Area

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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032005
MRDS ID M012046
Record type Site
Current site name Dredged Area
Related records 10115679

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.30604, 38.97267 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 SE1/4 SEC. 16, NE COR. SEC. 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 16,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.30604, 38.97267
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA SEEMS TO BE ALONG WHAT IS PROBABLY AN OLD CREEK BOTTOM OF A TRIBUTARY TO COON CREEK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA DREDGED IN SECS. 16 AND 21. SHOWN ON TOPO MAP - POSSIBLY THIS IS AREA WORKED BY VIRGINIA PLACER CO. (SEE CARD SECS. 13 OR 14?) ALTHOUGH IT IS NORTH OR NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN, RATHER THAN NORTHEAST.

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.

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