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Surprise Placer

Prospect in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116675
MAS/MILS ID 0060790360
Record type Site
Current site name Surprise Placer
Alternate or previous names Surprise Prospect, Machesna Mountain Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.22676, 35.33387 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Panza(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Estrella(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Machesna Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 S 016 E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SW SEC.L; INCLUDES SAN LORENZO PLACER CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.22676, 35.33387
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clyde Saylor, Mari Lyn Thompson,Dale Saylor,Norman Smith
    Home office California
    Year 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 13-83, 1983, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 8, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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