Champton I

Occurrence in Mariposa 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 10212265
MRDS ID M009290
MAS/MILS ID 0060430044
Record type Site
Current site name Champton I
Related records 10030839

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.21821, 37.72686 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 S 016 E 28 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.21821, 37.72686

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&GEOLOGY, V. 53 NOS. 1&2, JAN-APRIL, 1957,

  • Deposit

    04, 249.; V. 53, NOS. 3&4, JULY-OCT., 1957, P. 548

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECT 33 NW 1/2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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.

Authoritative California resources

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