Densmore

Occurrence in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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 10165659
MRDS ID W025983
MAS/MILS ID 0061090233
Record type Site
Current site name Densmore
Alternate or previous names Young America
Related records 10077908

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.4374, 38.05351 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 014 E 04 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.4374, 38.05351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES&GEOL V45 NO1 JAN 1949 P 62-3 PL8

  • Deposit

    CALIF BULL 144,1948 P 355. 11STS A DENSMORE MINE IN T2N RIG

  • Deposit

    HAS THE SAME COMMODITIES , BELIEVETHIS LOCATION UNLIKELY- OU

  • Deposit

    MOTHER LODE BELT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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