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Sweeney Prospect

Past Producer in Modoc county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10188721
MRDS ID W024199
MAS/MILS ID 0060490155
Record type Site
Current site name Sweeney Prospect
Related records 10076899

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.14275, 41.90796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bidwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Surprise Valley(hydrologic unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047 N 016 E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.14275, 41.90796
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATION ON SE SLOPE OF BIDWELL PEAK, JUST ABOVE THE FLOOR O

  • Deposit

    NORTH END OF SURPRISE VALLEY; CALIF. REPT. 25, P. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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