Big Chick

Producer in Mariposa 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076861
MRDS ID W024132
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chick
Related records 10285076

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.15293, 37.70548 (WGS84)
Elevation 686

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003S 004E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.15293, 37.70548

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES,GEOLOGY;V. 53, NOS. 1,2; JAN-APRIL, 1957, PP 318-319

  • Deposit

    LOCATION: ON MAXWELL CREEK 2 MI E SLIGHTLY S. OF COULTERVILLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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