1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Calif. Chief Development Co.

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
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 10032071
MRDS ID M012239
Record type Site
Current site name Calif. Chief Development Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91936, 39.00517 (WGS84)
Relative position SECS. 5, 6, 13N, 10E; SECS. 30, 31, 14N, 10E

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91936, 39.00517
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER LOCATIONS

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. 88

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66, COLFAX

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY THIS FIRM HAD 816 ACRES OF PLACER CLAIMS IN THIS AREA IN 1935 (THEY ALSO OWNED THE GREY EAGLE MINE, SEE CARD SEC. 6-13N-10E)

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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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