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Chowchilla River Placers

Prospect in Madera 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 10163726
MAS/MILS ID 0060390197
Record type Site
Current site name Chowchilla River Placers
Alternate or previous names Chowchille River Placers, Chowchilla Dredging Co., Howell Bros. Dredge, Snyder

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.97208, 37.23073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 018 E California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS ARE REPORTED TO BE ON THE CHOWCHILLA RIVER, A SHORT DISTANCE UPSTREAM FROM RAYMOND. HOWEVER, RAYMOND IS NOT ON THE CHOWCHILLA RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.97208, 37.23073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 46, 1950, P. 456.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1993 Ridenour, James 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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