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Peter Oest Claim

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109296
MRDS ID M012215
Record type Site
Current site name Peter Oest Claim
Related records 10116247

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10742, 38.98739 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES NORTH OF 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 013N 008E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10742, 38.98739
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Oest

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS OF COPPER ORE ASSAYING 15 TO 18 PERCENT SHIPPED DURING DEVELOPMENT. ALSO CONTAINED SOME GOLD AND SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 220

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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