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Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10032043
MRDS ID M012122
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.20021, 38.98072 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(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 007E 09,16,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.20021, 38.98072
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: "ON THE SOUTH OF THE ALGOL MINE THERE IS A SHAFT ON AN EXTENSION CLAIM 80 FT. DEEP. THIS SHOWS COPPER ORE. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, GOING TO COON CREEK, THERE ARE 5 SHAFTS, WITH DEPTHS OF ABOUT 50 FT. EACH... ALL SHOWING STRONG COPPER INDICATIONS. FARTHER SOUTH, BEYOND COON CREEK, THERE IS A SHAFT 40 FT. DEEP SHOWING SOME COPPER"

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 208

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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