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Worcester

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034650
MRDS ID M021510
Record type Site
Current site name Worcester
Related records 10190393

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.46294, 38.00435 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position IT IS 1/2 MILE N. OF TUTTLETOWN, ON THE S. SLOPE AT THE STANISLAUS RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 014E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.46294, 38.00435
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 8.499HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SHAFTS 15 TO 55 FT WITH SOME DRIFTING. ALSO SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 494

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
Deposit POCKET DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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