Wheal Rough

Occurrence in Tuolumne 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 10214232
MRDS ID M021504
MAS/MILS ID 0061090547
Record type Site
Current site name Wheal Rough
Related records 10034647

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.2796, 37.98992 (WGS84)
Elevation 869

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(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 015 E 36 N2NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.2796, 37.98992

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-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 AND GEOL V45 NO1 JAN 1949 PL8 CLAIM IS 9 AC

  • Deposit

    REPT ST MIN P40 SHOWS LOC OF CLAIM IN SEC 6 BUT LATER REPORT

  • Deposit

    CJM&G V45 PL8 WHICH IS CLAIM MAP SHOWS LOC #39 IN SEC 36 AS

  • Deposit

    INDICATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-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.

Authoritative California resources

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