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Empire Bar Placer

Producer in Siskiyou 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. 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 10111162
MRDS ID W025728
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Bar Placer
Related records 10141969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.74001, 41.86789 (WGS84)
Elevation 561

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
046N 008W 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.74001, 41.86789
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CA JOUR MN/GEOL V 31, NO 3, JULY 1935, P 318

  • Deposit

    AT MOUTH OF EMPIRE CREEK ON N SIDE OF KLAMATH RIVER; SAID TO BE AT

  • Deposit

    2200 FT EL, BUT DOES NOT MATCH TOPO MAP AT 1840 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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