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Aetna Ledge

Occurrence in Nevada 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 10164571
MRDS ID C011096
MAS/MILS ID 0060570234
Record type Site
Current site name Aetna Ledge
Related records 10007350

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.08524, 39.28319 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 N 008 E 04 N2 California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT: 4 MILES N ON HGHWY 49 OF NEVADA CITY TO SLIDE AREA SIGN, TAKE FIRST ROAD ON RIGHT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.08524, 39.28319
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINE GEOL V37 NO3

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED DEC 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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