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Black Spanish No. 2

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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032055
MRDS ID M012153
Record type Site
Current site name Black Spanish No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.12325, 38.90406 (WGS84)
Relative position LOC. IN SECTION NOT SHOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Auburn(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 012N 008E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.12325, 38.90406
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LODE CLAIM - QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Walsh
    First year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V.32, NO. 1, 1936, P. 43

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5, SACRAMENTO (GEOLOGY)

  • Deposit

    DOM 15TH ANN REPT OF ST. MINERALOGIST, P. 334

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COULD THIS BE THE CLAIM FORMERLY CALLED THE BLACK JACK? SEE CARD FOR THIS SECTION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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