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Best Mines Co. Inc

Occurrence in Sierra 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116487
MAS/MILS ID 0060910656
Record type Site
Current site name Best Mines Co. Inc
Alternate or previous names Judson Extension, Foss Extension

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.89853, 39.49658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pike(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 010 E 19 S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.89853, 39.49658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO SEC 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JAN-97 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.