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Adams

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101354
MRDS ID C012206
Record type Site
Current site name Adams
Related records 10188923

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.11297, 38.88711 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. SW AUBURN

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 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 , NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.11297, 38.88711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 60
    Thickness 0.38M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ophir

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 331

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 15 IN. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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