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Big Ben Cons.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101334
MRDS ID C012048
Record type Site
Current site name Big Ben Cons.
Related records 10261317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.25743, 38.94489 (WGS84)
Elevation 79
Relative position 5 MI. NW LINCOLN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(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 006E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.25743, 38.94489
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE AT DEPTH

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 Underground
    Overall depth 109.73M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 42 .

  • Deposit

    ROOT, LLOYD L., 1927 , MINING IN CALIFORNIA: REPORT 13 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, NO. 3 , P. 249 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 67 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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