Parmenter Property Formerly Anchor Mining Co

Occurrence in Placer 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 10032010
MRDS ID M012055
Record type Site
Current site name Parmenter Property Formerly Anchor Mining Co
Related records 10189037

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -121.19187, 38.79587 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

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 011N 007E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -121.19187, 38.79587

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRAVEL SIMILAR TO THE BARTON MINE HAS BEEN FOUND IN SHALLOW SHAFTS. THIS SECTION OF THE OLD RIVER WAS PROBABLY IN THE DELTA REGION WHERE THE STREAM ENTERED THE INLAND SEA OF IONE TIMES.

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. 82

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5 - SACRAMENTO?

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAD NOT BEEN WORKED MUCH TO 1935.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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