Gold Occureence

Occurrence in San Benito county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10139936
MAS/MILS ID 0060690179
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Occureence
Alternate or previous names Unknown Occurence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.1413, 36.41524 (WGS84)
Elevation 425
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Chalone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Sur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 008 E 31 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES SOUTH OF CHALONE AND DEFIANCE MINES. GOLD IN ANDESITE; CLAIMED BY L.H. DAY IN 1919.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.1413, 36.41524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDREW, PHILLIP. 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE PINNACLES NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    MONUMENT: UNIV. OF CALIF., DEPT. OF GEOL. SCIENCES

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN, V. 24, P. 1-38.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 15, 1919, P. 638.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES MIN. INFO SERVICE, 1968, V. 21, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    P. 120.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-1994 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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